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The desiderata is a poem by Max Ernham. I feel it is relevant to us young people, and anyone generally who feels like life is passing them by while everyone else is succeeding. Our generation has a lot of FOMO(fear of missing out) and comparing ourselves to other people and where they're at as individuals when we ourselves are different individuals with different paths. I once wrote an article about feeling uncertain about so many things in my young adult life, here and a reader recommended Ernham's desiderata to me. I related to it so much that I wrote it down on my notebook, to read once in a while when I feel like I'm stuck in a rut. It has so much more than advice about the uncertainty of youth but also life in general. Today, I recommend it to you, may it give you hope in whatever situation may be pulling you down.
Desiderata. Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, on good terms with persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly ;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 or 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 profession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high deals, 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 and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly to 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 dark 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 labours and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Strive to be happy.
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