SYMPHONY OF CONTENTMENT
William Henry Channing ~ Chaplain during Civil War
To live content with small means
To seek elegance rather than luxury, refinement rather than fashion
To be worthy, not respectable and wealthy, not rich
To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly
To listen to stars, birds, babes, and sages with open heart
To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never
In a word, to let spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common
This is my symphony.
To seek elegance rather than luxury, refinement rather than fashion
To be worthy, not respectable and wealthy, not rich
To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly
To listen to stars, birds, babes, and sages with open heart
To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never
In a word, to let spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common
This is my symphony.
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