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Proud to be a member of the human race
Being just an ordinary human being wandering along the pathway of life, I’ve evolved this simple philosophy to guide me:
To affirm that I am proud to be a member of the human race; to recognize that, regardless of color, class or creed, man’s destiny is my destiny, that only as we learn to live together will we move forward together.
To accept life as it is and go along with it, bravely trying to change what needs to be changed and serenely adapting me, to what cannot be changed.
To realize that no experience in human life is alien to me, and my responsibility is to meet whatever happens to me with fortitude and courage.
To admit that, being human, I am bound to make mistakes, but to make as few as possible and to try to avoid making the same mistake twice.
To recognize the frailties and foibles of human, and to try to be everlastingly patient, forgiving and understanding.
To promptly forget slights and insults and to hope that others will not hold against me the winged arrows that may in anger or irritation escape my lips.
To share my courage and hope with others and keep my fears, heartaches and disappointments to my self.
To go my way quietly and humbly and not worry too much about mysteries I cannot explain.
To do my best here and now and let the future take care of itself.
To be grateful for the precious gift of life with its limitless possibilities.
To glory in the power of human beings to rise to great heights and to outdo themselves in miraculous works.
To find inspiration in the words of Browning: “A man’s reach should exceed his grasp or what’s a heaven for?”
To understand that the goodness of God can be known only through human goodness; that when I express the highest and best I express God.
To confront the inevitable fact that I share with all human beings a common end: that someday Death, the kind old nurse, will rock us all to sleep, so we should help each other while we can.
To admit that, being human, I often fail to live up to my own philosophy, but to keep trying nevertheless.
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