There are many times when we are lost in troubled waters with no safe harbor to be found. It is during those times, while adrift in raging seas, we search desperately for safety from the rocky shore and bitter sharpness of the damp and chilling darkness. We all have our oun belief systems but they all have the ability to cope and survive. My hope is that this site will show how we all find our lighthouse to guide us safely home. We will find that we are more alike than different no matter who or what is our guiding force.






          ~~~~~~THE DESIDERATA~~~~~~
          Go placidly among the noise and haste and remenber 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. Avoid loud and agressive 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 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 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 imaginings. ~~~~Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome disipline, 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 labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham and drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a wonderful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.
          ~~~found in Old Saint Paul's Church,~~~
          ~~Baltimore; dated 1692~~
          copyright Max Ehrmann (1872-1945)























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