I think you guys will appreciate this...

DESIDERATA

-- written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s --

Go placidly amid the noise and the 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 to the dull and the 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 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 in your soul.

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

I think us Geminis get the short end of the stick when it comes to others perceptions of us-in truth we are extremely deep people...but i think that we are awfully afraid to show that part of ourselves...i know that it how i am...what about everyone else?

Yeah i agree with you 100% ....we are always at a battle of "Who we are & Who we should be"...maybe that has something to do with it...

& i did appreciate that, it relaxed me... thank you =)

Also we actually come on strong and we are probably afriad of scaring other people away.. So we just pretend to laugh away everything...I did that..

Very true... do you guys hear "you just suprise me' alot? lol when i finally open up and talk to people.. not our typical talk but ya'll know what i mean..

yeah i get the..."I didn't know you were like this"... indeed..

BABY-GRL..just don't scare anyone...you know the oddies we have in our head...LOL

nah.. i don't scare themm.. THEY SCARE ME... cuz as soon as i lay the charm.. they start talkin' crazy shit.. baby i loooove you.. hahaha

lmfao fools..

LOVE this poem so much- I have it in book form and read it at least once a month....I think we are afraid to show that part of ourselves- I mean if people knew ALL the things that we had going through our minds- there's no way to really explain it all 🙂 Glad I have my journal or else random things would start falling out of my head 🙂 LOL

thats probably why we talk so much!

trouble maker db!

LOL your on a roll today

if i spelled correctly you wouldn't have any fuel for your fire... =D

you're..lol now what! haha

"I mean if people knew ALL the things that we had going through our minds- there's no way to really explain it all"

trouble explaining it all? I always used 'cRaZy'....

Ah DB thanks so much for that! yes- crazy,yet entertaining 🙂

i find that in the gemini board I can't spell. I've seen other peoples post in here.

LOL- yes- it's the Gem crazy that gets you as soon as you cross into our board 🙂

Aha- the return of the tongue 🙂

ARg- attack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! &_& % _% ..............................................

*shivers in the corner, then gives a loud, crazy gem laugh*

I'll never give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! &_&

*pulls out cool-as-hell knives and chops the hell out of those toungues*

Rar!!

*Alas, kavi has bad aim and knives woosh through the air like little birds with no direction* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ladies and gentleman- thank you and good night 🙂

LMAO 🙂

Muah ha ha!!! Take that, you scary, smiling, toungue-obsessed faces!!!

(o)

*Looking around with telescope*

.......-> -> ->........

Oh nooooo!!! 😢
*Does she take pity on the last of the breed?*

*All lies in the power of the ever- changing Gemini mind*
Interpretation: You're f**ked!

The smile with the toungue was a good smile- spent most of his life in search of something more, something outside the realm of the endless hours of toungue...striving to reach a new level, perhaps the coveted wink or the classic smile without toungue. In his last days, his friend Larry- the famous eye-rolling face, described him as a changed smile- he was more calm and at peace with the world......

....things seemed to come easy for him, he was used more often and almost revered in some circles....

His last days were more exciting...filled with excitement and crazyness

The cRaZy gem lifted his spirits and helped him reach new levels of smile-dom

Until he met his untimely death by knife 😢

Awwww.....

*sniff* *sigh*