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INSPIRATIONAL WORDS FOR FMS'ERS

GO PLACIDLY
AMID THE NOISE & HASTE, & 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 & clearly;
and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant;
they too have their story.


Avoid loud & aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.


If you compare yourself with others, you may
become vain & 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 & 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 & loneliness.


Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with
yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less
than the trees & 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 &
aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life
keep peace with your soul.


With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.


Be careful. Strive to be happy..


FOUND IN OLD ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, BALTIMORE: 
DATED 1692

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