Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be found in silence.
As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truths quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, for they too have their stories.
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 do not allow this to 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, love is perennial as the grass. take kindly the counsel of years, gracefully surrendering those things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings, for many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself; for you are a child of the universe, and 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 that to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul.
With all it's sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Show yourself that beauty and wisdom must surely follow.
Be careful and strive to be happy.

Author Unknown

Brand new section. A few of my stories and hopefully people who have works they would like to share will send them in .doc, .txt form for download. Suggestions and "Other Unpublished Works" always welcome.

Freedom exists in the unencumbered mind.  I know this because it is the experience of my life; therefore my reality. I offer this as a prayer: If my bones be broken, so be it.  If my flesh is torn and deteriorating, I must accept that.  With head bowed I ask, allow my mind to remain swift and free from entrenchment, so that I may, on impulse, follow the whisperings of my heart.

This is a short story I wrote about the Physical Rehabilitation Ward where I spent 10 months after breaking my fool neck.
It's written in a light hearted streak of humor because that's just the way I remember it.  Of course there was tragedy there.  Given ten months in a Hospital's Physical Rehabilitation Ward, you come to see it all.
It was the greatest experience of my life and the was much to laugh about.  I hope you'll read it.
Download Good-bye Bud....Hello Me

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