Showing posts with label Max Ehramann. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Whatever Else You Do by Max Ehrmann

Whatever Else You Do
by Max Ehrmann


Whatever else you do or forbear,
impose upon yourself the task of happiness;
and now and then abandon yourself
to the joy of laughter.

And however much you condemn
the evil in the world, remember that the
world is not all evil; that somewhere
children are at play, as you yourself in the
old days; that women still find joy
in the stalwart hearts of men;

And that men, treading with restless feet
their many paths, may yet find refuge
from the storms of the world in the cheerful
house of love.



I love poems that bring me up. A link to learn more about this poet is here. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata