94. Desiderata

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Hello, darling heart, and welcome to the drink less, live better podcast.

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This is the podcast that helps you to see that drinking doesn't need to be stressful, lonely, or boring.

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I'm your host, Sarah Williamson, and I decided to have a year alcohol free as a little life experiment and haven't looked back.

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With my experience and training, I now help other people with their alcohol free or drink less adventures.

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I'm here to tell you that you can relax, connect, and have fun without alcohol in your life.

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Join me here each week to find out how.

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Today, it's a day for a poem. Desa

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Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

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As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

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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.

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If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

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Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

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Keep interested in your own career, however humble.

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It is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

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Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery, but let this not blind you to what virtue there is.

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Many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection.

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Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all erudity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

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Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

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Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune, but do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

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Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

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Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

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You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars.

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You have a right to be here.

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And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

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Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion

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of life, keep peace in your soul.

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

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Check out the show notes on this podcast or any other episode.

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You'll see the link to a hidden episode to help you with your 5 PM cravings, and you'll be able to read about my one to one coaching program.

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Thank you for listening in again today.

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Please come back next time, and PS, I believe in you.