I read this poem once when I was in my 20s. I didn't quite get the meaning of it then -- but then again, nothing seemed to mean anything back then, except the regular staccato of my M16 during training exercises.
There's a particular paragraph in that poem that reverberates everytime I read it. Perhaps, I, too, have had a few pistols (xcept mine had the 9mm metal jacket instead of the plastic 6mm) locked, oaded and pointed where they never should be pointed; especially when times were particularly hard.
The paragraph goes:
"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."
The poem, Desiderata, was written by Max Ehrrman (1920).
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I read this poem once when I was in my 20s. I didn't quite get the meaning of it then -- but then again, nothing seemed to mean anything back then, except the regular staccato of my M16 during training exercises.
There's a particular paragraph in that poem that reverberates everytime I read it. Perhaps, I, too, have had a few pistols (xcept mine had the 9mm metal jacket instead of the plastic 6mm) locked, oaded and pointed where they never should be pointed; especially when times were particularly hard.
The paragraph goes:
"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."
The poem, Desiderata, was written by Max Ehrrman (1920).
Feel free to find the link here --> http://www.fleurdelis.com/desiderata.htm
Cheers!
/ao