Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember
what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even
the dull and ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, for they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity
and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the council of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nuture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. Do not distress yourself with dark misgivings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore, be at peace with God whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aaspirtions
in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its' shame, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
I do love this and I am very glad to be reading Dukes Daily Optimism!!
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