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I'm Diane bracel also known as 
silver to speak against and 

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today I am dressed up like a 
pirate because I want to read 

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one of my favorite, I don't know
if you call it a poem or a very 

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short story or a mini essay to 
you. 

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And it's by a guy named Max 
Airmen who, when he was 40 

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years, old decided to quit his 
job and become a writer. 

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And at the time, he was 49. 
He wrote this particular poem or

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essay, but how copyright laws 
worked at the time he lost his 

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copyright. 
For years. 

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I as well as many other people 
thought this story was actually 

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written by a monk in the 1600s 
because it was found in a 

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church. 
But the fact is this was pirated

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from Max Airman and the story is
called desiderata, which means 

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things desired. 
And many of you may know it, but

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it's one of my favorite things 
to read. 

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In fact believe it or not, I 
have a Version of this hanging 

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up, right? 
Near a toilet in my bath, one of

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my bathrooms. 
So I have to see it regularly as

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do other people in my family 
because it's a great thing to 

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read. 
So, here goes desiderata. 

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Rightfully credited to Max 
Airmen Go placidly amid the 

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noise and haste remember what 
peace there may be in silence. 

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As far as possible without 
surrender, be on. 

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Good terms with all persons. 
Speak Your Truth quietly and 

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clearly listen to others, even 
the dull and ignorant as they 

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too have their stories. 
Avoid loud and aggressive 

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persons. 
They are the vexations of the 

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spirit If you compare yourself 
to others, you may become Vain 

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and bitter. 
For always, there will be 

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greater and lesser persons than 
yourself. 

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Enjoy your achievements, as well
as your plans. 

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Keep interested in your own 
career. 

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However, humble it is it is a 
real possession in the changing 

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fortunes of time. 
Exercise caution in your 

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business, Affairs. 
For the world is full of 

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trickery. 
But let ethics not buying you to

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the virtues. 
And what virtues other persons 

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may have strive for high ideals?
Because everywhere life is full 

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of heroism. 
Be yourself, especially, do not 

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feign affection. 
Neither be cynical about love. 

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For in the face of all aridity. 
And disenchantment. 

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Love is as perennial as the 
grass. 

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Take kindly the counsel of our 
years. 

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Gracefully surrendering the 
things of Youth. nurture 

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strength of the spirit to Shield
you in sudden, misfortune But do

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not distress yourself with your 
imaginings. 

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Many fears are born of fatigue 
and loneliness. 

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Beyond a wholesome discipline. 
Be gentle with yourself. 

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You are a child of the universe.
No less than the trees and the 

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Stars. 
You have a right to be here. 

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And whether or not it is clear 
to you, no doubt the universe is

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unfolding as it should. 
Therefore, be at peace with God,

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whatever, you conceive, God to 
be, and whatever your labors and

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aspirations in the noisy. 
Confusion of life. 

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Keep peace with your soul. 
With all its sham drudgery and 

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Broken Dreams. 
It is still a beautiful world. 

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Be careful strive to be happy. 
That's a reading of desiderata 

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from Max Airman written. 
In 1927. 

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Thank you very much for joining 
me. 

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I'm Diana, grisaia also known as
silver to Speedy's.