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Thursday, August 05, 2004

Max Ehrmann
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 the 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 own 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 cynical 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 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 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 cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

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I love the last line. Strive to be happy. Oh, what a challenge.
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Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Why is life never that simple? Why is life never life the nice margarine ads we all see on television? Why? It beats the shit out of me. Feeling are never just happy sad angry or confused, not every emotion can be summed up by an emoticon, not every feeling with a word, every place with a picture or every situation with an example. World, why much you taunt me so?
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Tuesday, August 03, 2004

The things i blogged ever so briefly about yesterday are all coming to pass. My school appears to be in damage control. They need to be. Still on details on here. Try the CM tomorrow or the next day. Some of the things discussed around this whole debaskle, and other recent happenings in my life bring to life tonights blogging topic: promises and secrets. So often they are broken. Why do we tell people our deepest darkest secrets when we know it would destroy us if it got out. It seems to be an inbuilt human desire to share secrets. We tell others that which we promised to keep secret, for our 5 seconds of fame when this person shall look at us and think wow, thanks for telling me that. Its amazing how some people just cannot keep a secret. The only person that can be assured to keep a secret is number 1. I.e. Yourself. That's all for tonight... but shhh, please don't tell anyone that ;-)
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Monday, August 02, 2004

I had cross country today. I cam 90th... not tooooo bad. Thank God it is my last one though. The amount of cheating this year was huge.Ah well, I guess you get that.A few of the boarders have managed to get themselves into some pretty big trouble at school. I can't say much on here, but its pretty fast changing from rumour to truomour. Will be interesting to see if it makes the CM. Had my english assignment today and fucked it (understatement) Damn biased guidelines for starting assignments! Its ok for classes to start orals and hand in speeches days apart... yet it we write for 5 seconds too long in a test we get a frucking failure. cough* hippocrits *cough. Why don't they go spend more money on what they deem important, like flying the headmaster around the world while the school is falling to pieces? *cough*prefect shortage*cough* Its time for me to sleep now. I am exhausted from crossy. Goodbye.
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Sunday, August 01, 2004

I'd like to say my life is like a roller coaster, at times I suppose it can be... but on the whole it is more like a merry-go-round. Circling around, the same charecters in my life, even if they have different faces and names. It's an endless loop. Apart from a large amount of assignments and homework I also visited UQ today. Damn it is an impressive campus. Looks like IPT at UQ might now be my first QTAC preference. I also spent this afternoon discussing ideas for the specwith troy. That man is a genius. I can't wait until the 9th of October. I have cross country tomorrow. Damn. I am not a cross country fan, but thanks to the fact that more and more people in my grade are filling their lungs with tar, my results seem to go up every year. I saw iROBOT last night. A frucking unreal movie. Funny, filled with action... and amazing special effects. Go see it. Its only let down is the slightly predicdable storyline, but oh well. English Oral some time this week : Thats all.
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