AWESOME TEXT FOUND IN OLD CHURCH Bashny.Net

Beautiful and inspiring text, which was found in Baltimore in 1962 in an old church, which is worth reading each!



Go your own way quietly among the din and bustle of the world, and remember, that may be in silence. Without changing yourself, live as soon as possible, a good relationship with every person. Speak softly and clearly your truth and listen to others, even people who do not mind subtle and uneducated; they too have their story.


Avoid loud and aggressive persons; They spoil the mood. Do not compare yourself with anyone else: you risk to feel worthless or become conceited. There is always someone who is greater or smaller than you.

Rejoice in their plans as well as you enjoy what is already done. Interest is always their craft; no matter how modest it was not - it is a jewel in comparison with other things that you own. Be careful in their own backyard, the world is full of trickery. But do not be blind to the virtues; others aspire to great ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Do not play into friendship. Do not be cynical in love - in comparison with the emptiness and disappointment it is as eternal as the grass.

With a good heart to accept what you advise the years, and gratefully says goodbye to the youth. Strengthen your spirit in case of sudden misfortune. Do not torture yourself chimeras. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Obey healthy discipline, but be gentle with yourself. You - a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars: you have a right to be here. And even if it is obvious to you or not, but the world is the way it should go. Be at peace with God, whatever you want to understand either.

Whatever you are doing, and what ever you dreamed, in the noisy bustle of life keep peace in your soul. With all deceit, monotonous labor and broken dreams the world is still beautiful. Be attentive to him. Try to be happy.

The author of the text is Max Ehrmann (Max Ehrmann), poet and lawyer from Indiana. He lived from 1872 to 1945. In his diary, Max wrote: "I would like, if I get it, leave a gift - a short essay, imbued with the spirit of generosity." Somewhere in the late 20's, he just created the "Parting words».

Around 1959 the rector of the church of St. Paul in Baltimore said the poem to a folder of texts for his arrival. This inscription on the folder reads: "The old church of St. Paul, 1962" (In 1962 it was founded).

Parishioners of the church handed the folder to each other. In 1965, one of the guests parishioner saw the text and interested. He considered that "Parting words" is a greeting card for Christmas. And as the lyrics lay in the "old church of St.. Paul 1962" Guest counted this year in the church of the text and was found.

Thus was born the legend.