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In reply to the discussion: I left DU nearly 3 years ago and it took me 3 days to remember why. [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)20. Yesterday, I started on a limited search of the DU Archives ....
...to gather a collection of nostalgic Christmas posts for an OP I was going to post today.
I was immediately sidetracked by how much more intelligent,
Liberal, Policy Oriented, and respectful DU was back then.
I gave up assembling a Blast-From-the-Past DU Christmas nostalgia post for today, and spent the time just reading threads from back then.
I still post here almost daily,
but it is not near the positive community experience that it once was.
So I know what you are talking about.
Go in Peace.
Happy Trails.
"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.
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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11 Bravo
Dec 2013
#11
Merry Christmas, or other holiday, or nothing, and remember, you are always welcomed here.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2013
#5
That is a gigantic AMEN ..... lower your expectations when you enter any blog ....
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Dec 2013
#42
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Dec 2013
#8
The goal of the propaganda and disruption is not to convince anyone of anything.
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#19
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#22
I certainly can understand you elocs. After all it does get tiring being told what we should believe
cstanleytech
Dec 2013
#26
I hear you. I tried to resign last night, but got talked out of it, for a while anyway.
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#33
Sorry, Nadine, but in most cases it does work. The only threads that I have trashed are the
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Dec 2013
#63
In the nearly ten years I have been here, there have been many different brigades, that
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Dec 2013
#68
I know what you mean. I've left for months at a time, but I guess I'm a glutton for punishment.
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Dec 2013
#83