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| #1 - Posted 8 January 2010, 4:18 PM | |
 Location: United States, Seattle, W.A. Join date: April 2009 Member #: 2555 Posts: 3423  | Words of HOPE! First time i read this poem by Max Ehrmann from my math teacher(weird ahh?) I liked and like to read in those days that hope gets foggy and unclear. Hope you enjoy it. -- written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s -- Not "Found in Old St. Paul's Church"! -- see below Go placidly amid the noise and the 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 to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or 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 in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Edited on 1/8/2010 4:22 PM by Belly. "People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs" |
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| #2 - Posted 8 January 2010, 4:19 PM | |
Location: United States, Seattle, W.A. Join date: April 2009 Member #: 2555 Posts: 3423 | RE: Words of HOPE! Max Ehrmann DESIDERATA Camina plácido entre el ruido y la prisa y recuerda qué paz se puede encontrar en el silencio. En cuanto sea posible y sin rendirte, mantén buenas relaciones con todas las personas. Enuncia tu verdad de una manera serena y clara y escucha a los demás, incluso al torpe e ignorante, también ellos tienen su propia historia. Esquiva a las personas ruidosas y agresivas, ya que son un fastidio para el espíritu. Si te comparas con los demás, te volverás vano y amargado, pues siempre habrá personas más grandes y más pequeñas que tú. Disfruta de tus éxitos lo mismo que de tus planes. Mantén el interés en tu propia carrera por humilde que sea, ella es un verdadero tesoro en el fortuito cambiar de los tiempos. Sé cauto en tus negocios pues el mundo está lleno de engaños, mas no dejes que esto te vuelva ciego para la virtud que existe. Hay muchas personas que se esfuerzan por alcanzar nobles ideales. La vida está llena de heroísmo. Sé sincero contigo mismo, en especial no finjas el afecto. Y no seas cínico en el amor, pues en medio de todas las arideces y desengaños, es perenne como la hierba. Acata dócilmente el consejo de los años abandonando con donaire las cosas de la juventud. Cultiva la firmeza del espíritu, para que te proteja en las adversidades repentinas. Muchos temores nacen de la fatiga y la soledad. Sobre una sana disciplina, sé benigno contigo mismo. Tú eres una criatura del universo. No menos que las plantas y las estrellas, tienes derecho a existir. Y sea que te resulte claro o no, indudablemente el universo marcha como debiera. Por eso debes estar en paz con Dios cualquiera que sea tu idea de El. Y sean cualesquiera tus trabajos y aspiraciones, conserva la paz con tu alma en la bulliciosa confusión de la vida. Aún con toda su falsía, sus dolores y sueños fallidos, el mundo es todavía hermoso. Sé cauto, ¡esfuérzate por ser feliz! "People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs" |
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| #3 - Posted 9 January 2010, 1:04 PM | |
 Location: Canada, Toronto Join date: October 2009 Member #: 3818 Posts: 53 | RE: Words of HOPE! Belly, thank you for sharing the poem with us!!  We don't stop playing because we're old, we grow old because we stop playing." |
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| #4 - Posted 9 January 2010, 1:35 PM | |
Location: United States, Seattle, W.A. Join date: April 2009 Member #: 2555 Posts: 3423 | RE: Words of HOPE! Quote: lmejia previously said: Belly, thank you for sharing the poem with us!! Hey no problem! I'm glad you like it and like to read it once in a while. I have read the English version many times but it may be just me but the Spanish version has a better feeling in the choice of words by who ever translated it. Here is the video version: Edited on 1/9/2010 1:51 PM by Belly. "People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs" |
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| #5 - Posted 9 January 2010, 2:27 PM | |
 Location: Germany, Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz Join date: May 2009 Member #: 2753 Posts: 736 | RE: Words of HOPE! Excelente Belly. What about this one: Sonnet 116. Quote: WilliamShakespeare previously said: Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments, love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempest and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken, Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Whitin his bending sickle's compass come, Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom: If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. Quote: Spanish previously said: Permitaseme que no admita impedimentos al Enlace de las Almas fieles. No es amor aquel, que enseguida se altera, cuando descubre cambios o tiende a separarse de aquel que se separa. El amor es igual que un faro inmovible, que ve las tempestades y no es movido. Es la estrella que guía la nave a la deriva, de un valor ignorado, aún sabiendo su altura. No es juguete del Tiempo!, aun si rosados labios o mejillas alcanza, la guadaña del Tiempo. Ni se altera con horas o semanas fugaces, si no que aguanta y dura hasta el último abismo. Si es error lo que digo y en mí puede probarse, decid, que nunca he escrito, ni amó hombre alguno jamas. Edited on 1/9/2010 2:34 PM by tschotschua. What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. |
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| #6 - Posted 10 January 2010, 4:02 AM | |
Location: United States, Seattle, W.A. Join date: April 2009 Member #: 2555 Posts: 3423 | RE: Words of HOPE! Quote: tschotschua previously said: Excelente Belly. What about this one: Sonnet 116. Quote: WilliamShakespeare previously said: Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments, love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempest and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken, Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Whitin his bending sickle's compass come, Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom: If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. Quote: Spanish previously said: Permitaseme que no admita impedimentos al Enlace de las Almas fieles. No es amor aquel, que enseguida se altera, cuando descubre cambios o tiende a separarse de aquel que se separa. El amor es igual que un faro inmovible, que ve las tempestades y no es movido. Es la estrella que guía la nave a la deriva, de un valor ignorado, aún sabiendo su altura. No es juguete del Tiempo!, aun si rosados labios o mejillas alcanza, la guadaña del Tiempo. Ni se altera con horas o semanas fugaces, si no que aguanta y dura hasta el último abismo. Si es error lo que digo y en mí puede probarse, decid, que nunca he escrito, ni amó hombre alguno jamas. Thats a good one too. Thanks for sharing! "People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs" |
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