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 ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will 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 the Spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born from fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here (free).
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 in your soul.

With all it’s sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Copyright 1927 - Max Ehrmann

Desiderata is Latin for "things to be desired"

The author – Max Ehrmann - poet and lawyer from Terre Haute, Indiana
Written in the early 1920’s - Ehrmann lived from 1872 to 1945. Max Ehrmann & Tony Tucker share the same hometown.

"It was very interesting how I came to read a copy of Desiderata for the first time.  In my late teens, I was in the Terre Haute Library perusing famous authors of poetry, when a copy of Desiderata somehow jumped off the shelf and into my hands.  Here is a note of message recorded from Ehrmann’s diary, ”I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift – a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods.”

As you progress through the website, you will find Desiderata listed as the beginning enunciation of the simple, yet profound, messages from "Christ within."

                                               T.T. a.k.a. IRON EAGLE

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