Me, too!Sentry Thank You for Posting Desiderata. I to had the Poster when I was a Youngster, many Years ago, and it was a source of Comfort for me then, and still is.
C.S. Lewis is my all time favorite author (nonfiction). He just has such a gift for saying something profound so simply a child could understand it. I've never come across anyone so obviously gifted by God. He is required reading in our homeschool.
Here is a little piece I wrote back in 1985. It was a moral and ethical codex for how I wanted to live my life:
SELF LOVE
by Michael de Phoenix
Be happy with yourself, your achievements
and the work you've done to become what you are;
but never satisfied lest you stagnate or become vain.
Keep faith in yourself and in the universe,
for they both contain the power to sustain you.
Let rewards neither deter your good deeds nor be the cause.
Have grace in receiving as well as in giving;
Remember always; your life is made by the will and the word.
Desire that which is good and say only what you desire.
Above all else: walk softly, touching gently those you encounter along your way.
Life is a precious thing that should only be taken with love.
COPYRIGHT (c) 1985 Paul Stephens (Michael de Phoenix)
It night not make anybody feel good, but I have been told, more than once,
"Shut the ____ up and deal with it!"
And I have found that most often that is what life comes down to.
Enter your email address to join: