Krishna Morty's "Desiderata"

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in stuffing cotton in your ears.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons-- prices and rates of interest may vary.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others. Why even the dull and the ignorant, can be good for a laugh or two.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit and are usually politicians or car salesmen.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Dammit!! But, enjoy your achievements as well as your plans---at least while you can before they go belly-up!.
Keep interested in your own career (if you can remember it) however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. But then again, so is a nifty inheritance or a fairly cushy fixed income.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. You may have heard something about this after you watched American Idol .
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. And it's so nice to celebrate these heroes after they've been executed or assassinated. Often means a Three-Day Weekend!

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Well, judging by the divorce rate I'm thinking not so much, but as long as the grass is perennial...ahem!!
Take kindly to the counsel of the years, overlook the nose and ear hairs, and the often noxious odors that emanate from them.
Gracefully the things of youth. Stop playing Grand Theft Auto and going to Superhero movies!!

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings---there's lots of real stuff out there to make you soil your draws!
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness ---and watching CNN.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself---but not too often, for that may be the way of blindness!

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars, but still, sadly, you're probably less than Wayne Newton.

You have a right to be here, assuming you have your green card or a signed permit from the government.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. And the Good News is...?
Speaking of unfolding, my great friend, the Yoga master Swami Aniwunnoagudkiraprakta,, is having trouble unfolding after fitting his entire body into a shoe box.

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, and I know that's not even easy for me to say!
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world (see "perennial grass")
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Remember, when you laugh, the world laughs with you, but when you cry, the world laughs at you!