Some of my readers may be familiar with The Desiderata, found in Old St. Paul’s Church in Baltimore in 1693. It’s a beautiful document; I have framed and read periodically. It’s very uplifting, and I’m going to reprint in its entirety, because you too, may find it uplifting during these times of crisis.
“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”
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The Desiderata – Found In Old St. Paul’s Church, Baltimore 1693 (Issue 191)
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DEAR AUNT BETTYE T; A RIFT IN IDEAS
Dear Aunt “B,”
Sadly I must disagree with you on some fundamental issues.
We grew up in the same family, but walk to a different drummer. We saw and heard things from a different view point. Nothing wrong with that, because we are all individuals and entitled to live our lives according to our own value system, free to think as we choose. However there are fundamental truths relative to fundamental issues in life, which apply equally to all of us.
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Dear Aunt Bettye T; A Rift in Ideas (Issue 187)
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This Sunday morning, just a few days after the historic Presidential campaign and election, I listen to the talk shows, news analysts, preachers and political pundits. After all of the anger, resentment, name-calling and mud slinging, very suddenly, there seems to be a complete change in the tone of many speaking out, yet more of the same from some.
It’s a bit strange and disarming. For example, I listened to Chris Matthews interviewing Dan Rather, the noted news anchor, who gave his opinion about Obama, the President-Elect, saying, “I think he will govern from the middle, the same way he ran his campaign.” Wow! I thought, where have you been? Then realized he has been there, a part of the news media all the time.
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The Desiderata Found In 1690 In An Old Baltimore Church (Issue 122)
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