Melrose High School - Log Yearbook (Melrose, MA)

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(jo placidly annd the noise and the haste, ancf rememher what peace ' there may he in silence. 7 s jar as possible without surrender be on good terms with al C persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ijnorant; ' 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 hitter ; for always there wifi he greater and lesser persons than yourself , injoy your achievements as well as your plans. deep interested in your own career, however hutnhle; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time , {exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. { ut let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons stive for hiyh ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism , {e yourself, {peciafty do not feign affection . ((either he cynical about (ovc; 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 gout h. Nurture strenth of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. { ut do not distress yourself with imaginings , -Many fears are horn of fatigue and loneliness, { egond a wholesome discipline , he gentle with yourself. You area child cf the universe no [ess than the trees and the stars ; you have a right to he here, Amd whether or not it is clear to you y no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should, ' Therefore he at peace with fpod, whatever you conceive him to he. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy cotfusion of hfe keep peace with your soul . ' With all its sham , drudgery and broken dreams , it is still a beautiful world, {e cheerfull. strive to he happy. Max Ehrmann c 1927 by Max Ehrmann. All rights reserved. Copyright renewed 1954 Bertha K. Ehrmann. Reprinted by permission Robert L. Bell. Melrose. Mass. 02176