Feed Your Head: Desiderata

[athelind]

Reading my friends list this morning, I saw one post that immediately made me think of responding with lines from Max Ehrmann's famous poem.

And then I saw another.

And another.

And I realized that I could use a reminder, myself.

Desiderata
Max Ehrmann, 1927Go placidly amid the noise and haste

Comments

[rhonan]

I actually prefer the parody.

[athelind]

The parody is funny and well-done, particularly since it's poking more fun at the Les Crane recording than the Ehrmann original. Frankly, I heard the parody before I ever read the Desiderata proper -- and never heard the "hit" record until today, whilst prowling YouTube for exactly that purpose.

I've just found, over the years, that every time I post this, someone immediately comments with the National Lampoon version, and thinks they're being very clever and original by doing so.

[tcpip]

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexatious to the spirit.

Just as well they weren't in Europe at this time...