Words to inspire…

Image source:Aleksandra

 

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and 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 and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
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 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 critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as 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 discipline, 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 labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

© Max Ehrmann 1927

 

Source: AlexGontar

 

source: Scarabass

 

source: Oprisco

 

Jimmy Eat World – The Middle

Hey, don’t write yourself off yet It’s only in your head you feel left out or looked down on. Just try your best, try everything you can. And don’t you worry what they tell themselves when you’re away. 

It just takes some time, little girl you’re in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

Hey, you know they’re all the same.
You know you’re doing better on your own, so don’t buy in.
Live right now.
Yeah, just be yourself.
It doesn’t matter if it’s good enough for someone else.

It just takes some time, little girl you’re in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).
It just takes some time, little girl you’re in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

Hey, don’t write yourself off yet.
It’s only in your head you feel left out or looked down on.
Just do your best, do everything you can.
And don’t you worry what the bitter hearts are gonna say.

It just takes some time, little girl you’re in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).
It just takes some time, little girl you’re in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

 

Source: Oprisco

 

source: Oprisco

 

Sometimes, like during exams, I need a little extra to  motivate me . I’m stressed, clocking up gym time that I haven’t attended, lacking sleep and drinking too much coffee. I’m a few days from doing my surgery 5th year finals and right now I’m writing this post from my desk, with all my books scattered around me, and this little pattern of destruction is all too familiar to me. Procrastination. I feel guilty about not eating healthily, feel like a sludge because I haven’t gone to gym and generally feel glum watching the beautiful sunny weather through the window (that has burglar bars on it for added depressed effect). This is the procrastinator’s disease. It’s a chronic condition of always leaving big hefty pile work to the last minute and then feeling like all aspects of your life are being sucked into a black hole that is ‘THE END’. For one darn week and a few puddy little exams. Yes, rational me rejects this insanity, but the sleep-deprived and flustered me is not strong enough to fight sanity with sanity. So I become not-sane.  Instead I choose to go into social hibernation. I just invented that term to describe a sort of self-lock-down like separate myself from the world. I even wore a cap to the shops the other day – when I went to simply buy ready-made-meals. Yes, I bought a pie. Or two.

So, since I have a blog where I can write and put up whatever I please – I thought I would share this with you.  I found a weird sense of calm reading Desiderata, mostly because I have always had a copy of it somewhere close since my mom gave one to me in highschool. Then second bit, something I have also had and re-read for years, is copy of the Jimmy Eat World lyrics to ‘The Middle’. Yes, I know what you’re thinking, it’s ‘sooooo highschool/tormented teen’ but actually overlooking these words reminds me of just that, my awkward high school years and how those are long gone — so in a round-about way I should snap the hell out of it, this ain’t highschool.

I hope you found some inspiration in them too!

 

.

Source: Alina

26. February 2012 by Kathcake
Categories: Diary | Tags: , , , | 6 comments