Post by Rhonda on Jan 3, 2006 21:43:57 GMT -5
Don't Belittle Life
Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget.
Perhaps some man we helped has proven ungrateful, some woman we believe to be a friend has spoken ill of us, some regard we thought we deserved has been denied us.
We feel such disappointments so strongly that we can no longer work or sleep.
But isn't that absurd?
Here we are on this earth, with only a few more decades to live,
And we lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that in a year's time will be forgotten by everybody and us.
Now, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections, and enduring understandings.
For life is too short to be little.
~By Andre Maurois~
Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget.
Perhaps some man we helped has proven ungrateful, some woman we believe to be a friend has spoken ill of us, some regard we thought we deserved has been denied us.
We feel such disappointments so strongly that we can no longer work or sleep.
But isn't that absurd?
Here we are on this earth, with only a few more decades to live,
And we lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that in a year's time will be forgotten by everybody and us.
Now, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections, and enduring understandings.
For life is too short to be little.
~By Andre Maurois~
