Thursday, December 4, 2008

And So I Begin...

To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy, not respectable,
and wealthy not rich;
to study hard, think quietly,
talk gently,
act frankly,
to listen to the stars and birds, to babes and sages,
with an open heart;
to bear on cheerfully,
do all bravely,
awaiting occasions, worry never;
in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious
grow up through communion.
This is my symphony.
-- W.H. Channing

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