I'd like to meet:
You will never be forgotten, sweet Mila.
I love to meet people who have a story to tell and are not arrogant about it.
I love to meet people who are funny and can make me laugh til I cry.
I love to meet joyous people who leave their presence in the room.
I love to meet people who are unique, weird, strange.
Angels...I love to meet angels.
And I think that just about covers it!
Desiderata
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 the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with 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 counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
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 aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
~ Max Ehrmann ~
1927
There is a light that shines
beyond all things on earth,
beyond us all,
beyond the heavens,
beyond the highest, the very highest heavens...
This is the light that shines in our heart.
~Chandogya Upanishad~
(Ancient Hindu Scripture)
Let us rise up and be thankful; for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
~Buddha~
Believe in love. Believe in magic. Believe in Santa Claus. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?
~ Jon Bon Jovi ~
"We think, sometimes, there's not a dragon left.
Not one brave knight, not a single princess gliding through secret forests...
What a pleasure to be wrong.
Princesses, knights, enchantments and dragons, mystery and adventure...
not only are they here-and-now,
they're all that ever lived on earth!"
~ Richard Bach ~
American Author,
From 'A Bridge Across Forever'
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~
"We are all of us from birth to death
guests at a table which we did not spread.
The sun, the earth, love, friends,
our very breath are parts of this banquet..."
~ Rebecca Harding Davis ~
1831-1910
I was born to catch dragons in their dens and pick flowers
to tell tales and laugh away the morning
to drift and dream like a lazy stream
and walk barefoot across sunshine days.
~ James Kavanaugh ~
"Sunshine Days & Foggy Nights"
