masuwerte
21st October 2007, 07:39 PM
I thought that title might get some attention this time of year :).
My mother recently gave me a book that my grandmother, who passed away in 1999, left for me. In it was a piece of paper she'd used as a bookmark, and which read:
"A Lesson in Good Living
In these days of unrest and uncertainties, those who cultivate calmness and self-possession will live longer and enjoy life better. Hence, someone has collated a number of precepts to practice, as follows:
Learn to like what does not cost much.
Learn to like reading, conversation, music.
Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking.
Learn to like people, even though some of them may be very different from you.
Learn to keep your wants simple. Refuse to be owned and anchored by things and opinions of others.
Learn to like the sunrise and the sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows and the gentle fall of snow in the winter.
Learn to like life for its own sake."
I don't know the author, but I came across it and thought I'd share.
My mother recently gave me a book that my grandmother, who passed away in 1999, left for me. In it was a piece of paper she'd used as a bookmark, and which read:
"A Lesson in Good Living
In these days of unrest and uncertainties, those who cultivate calmness and self-possession will live longer and enjoy life better. Hence, someone has collated a number of precepts to practice, as follows:
Learn to like what does not cost much.
Learn to like reading, conversation, music.
Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking.
Learn to like people, even though some of them may be very different from you.
Learn to keep your wants simple. Refuse to be owned and anchored by things and opinions of others.
Learn to like the sunrise and the sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows and the gentle fall of snow in the winter.
Learn to like life for its own sake."
I don't know the author, but I came across it and thought I'd share.