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<\/p>\naaryaT, abi, aindrila, akshaya, alan.fly, alex, alysha, anaita, anishaDeS, anjana, ankitaG, anuI, anushkaK, aparajitaG, archanaB, arpitaN, arushi, \u00a0ashikaM,<\/p>\n
binaiferS, binnyP, Bosco,<\/p>\n
carissa, carl, Celina, Chandani, Chelsea, christie, claudette,<\/p>\n
deepaSom, denverC, derek.sonia, dipti, durga,<\/p>\n
Erica, errol,<\/p>\n
jagruti, joey, jordana, julia, jyotsna,<\/p>\n
kanica, karenF, karin\/co, karishmaSh, \u00a0kashu, ketakiS, kiera, kimM, komal,<\/p>\n
Lexley, lionelM, loo,<\/p>\n
manasviS, maranna, marisaDM, mayuri, meherM, melanie, merle, michelleF,<\/p>\n
nainaB, nakitaS, namita, namrataS, nanda, neharika, nikitaDesh, nishaant, niveditaG,<\/p>\n
patR, pearlD, petal, poonamB, prachiS, pranotiS, preetiH, pujaG,<\/p>\n
reema, rheaC, riyaK, roshanBala, ruchiPal, ruhiM,<\/p>\n
saahil, sameen, sami, sanchitaDG, sangeetaG, sanjana, sanket, savioCras, Shaila.vernon, shamsah, sherlaine, shilpaS, siddhiA, smitaJ, sophiaJ, stuti, sujataS, sumi, supriyaC, surekha,<\/p>\n
tanyaM, thaiza, tomK, toru, trinjhna,<\/p>\n
urvijaa, utsha,<\/p>\n
Vabriena, vineet, yvette,<\/p>\n
Walter, wendyD,<\/p>\n
My dear<\/p>\n
I am glad that I am also able to connect with you by email.<\/p>\n
Before email, there was letter-writing.<\/p>\n
I indulged in it a great deal for many years before the computer and internet and email took over my life!<\/p>\n
My record is 750 hand-written letters in a year! (That was such a long time ago!)<\/p>\n
And almost everyone I wrote to was sent this wonderful and inspiring piece \u2013<\/p>\n
Desiderata ( Desired things)….<\/p>\n
I still cherish it. I continue to be inspired by it…..<\/p>\n
I am sending it to you too… it is a bit long but it is definitely worth a slow and pensive reading.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Desiderata<\/strong> (desired things)<\/p>\n — written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s — \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, As far as possible, without surrender, If you compare yourself with others, Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Exercise caution in your business affairs, Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Take kindly the counsel of the years, Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. Beyond a wholesome discipline, Therefore be at peace with God, With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.<\/strong><\/p>\n Every time I read it there is something new and precious that I learn from it…. any line… any two lines…. and I can look at things again differently and more beautifully….<\/p>\n Hopefully it will be like that for you too….<\/p>\n Just now for me it is the usual rush-rush of Malhar preparations and casual attention to academic things.<\/p>\n I look forward to Sundays and public holidays for that welcome break when I can just laze around and catch up with my breathing and general do-nothingness that I miss out on during the week! Plus, of course, mailing and washing clothes and here-and-there\/this-and-that desired things.<\/p>\n Hope things are great for you too and your own desired things continue happening abundantly in your life…<\/p>\n Take care. Love, Terry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" aaryaT, abi, aindrila, akshaya, alan.fly, alex, alysha, anaita, anishaDeS, anjana, ankitaG, anuI, anushkaK, aparajitaG, archanaB, arpitaN, arushi, \u00a0ashikaM, binaiferS, binnyP, Bosco, carissa, carl, Celina, Chandani, Chelsea, christie, claudette, deepaSom, denverC, derek.sonia, dipti, durga, Erica, errol, jagruti, joey, jordana, julia, jyotsna, kanica, karenF, karin\/co, karishmaSh, \u00a0kashu, ketakiS, kiera, kimM, komal, Lexley, lionelM, loo, manasviS, maranna, marisaDM, … <\/p>\n
\nNow found in Old St. Paul’s Church!<\/p>\n
\nand remember what peace there may be in silence. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nbe on good terms with all persons.
\nSpeak your truth quietly and clearly;
\nand listen to others,
\neven to the dull and the ignorant;
\nthey too have their story.
\nAvoid loud and aggressive persons;
\nthey are vexatious to the spirit. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nyou may become vain or bitter,
\nfor always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nKeep interested in your own career, however humble;
\nit is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nfor the world is full of trickery.
\nBut let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
\nmany persons strive for high ideals,
\nand everywhere life is full of heroism. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nNeither be cynical about love,
\nfor in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
\nit is as perennial as the grass. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\ngracefully surrendering the things of youth. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBut do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
\nMany fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nbe gentle with yourself.
\nYou are a child of the universe
\nno less than the trees and the stars;
\nyou have a right to be here.
\nAnd whether or not it is clear to you,
\nno doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nwhatever you conceive Him to be.
\nAnd whatever your labours and aspirations,
\nin the noisy confusion of life,
\nkeep peace in your soul. <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nit is still a beautiful world. <\/strong><\/p>\n