CREDENDA Turn away from the crowd and its fruitless pursuit

of fame and gold. Never look back as you close

Turn away from the crowd and its fruitless pursuit your door to the sorry tumult of greed and
of fame and gold. Never look back as you close ambition. Wipe away your tears of failure and
your door to the sorry tumult of greed and misfortune. Lay aside your heavy load and rest
ambition. Wipe away your tears of failure and until your heart is still. Be at peace. Already it is
misfortune. Lay aside your heavy load and rest later than you think, for your earthly life, at best, is
until your heart is still. Be at peace. Already it is only the blink of an eye between two eternities.
later than you think, for your earthly life, at best, is
only the blink of an eye between two eternities. Be unafraid. Nothing here can harm you except
yourself. Do that which you dread and cherish
Be unafraid. Nothing here can harm you except those victories with pride. Concentrate your energy.
yourself. Do that which you dread and cherish To be everywhere is to be nowhere. Be jealous of
those victories with pride. Concentrate your energy. your time, since it is your greatest treasure.
To be everywhere is to be nowhere. Be jealous of
your time, since it is your greatest treasure. Reconsider your goals. Before you set your heart
too much on anything, examine how happy they
Reconsider your goals. Before you set your heart are who already possess what you desire. Love
too much on anything, examine how happy they your family and count your blessings. Reflect on
are who already possess what you desire. Love how eagerly they would be sought if you did not
your family and count your blessings. Reflect on have them.
how eagerly they would be sought if you did not
have them. Put aside your impossible dreams and complete
the task at hand no matter how distasteful. All great
Put aside your impossible dreams and complete achievements come from working and waiting. Be
the task at hand no matter how distasteful. All great patient. God’s delays are never God’s denials.
achievements come from working and waiting. Be Hold on. Hold fast. Know that your paymaster is
patient. God’s delays are never God’s denials. always near. What you sow, good or evil that you
Hold on. Hold fast. Know that your paymaster is will reap. What you are is through your choice
always near. What you sow, good or evil that you alone. Learn to live with honest poverty, if you
will reap. What you are is through your choice must, and turn to more important matters than
alone. Learn to live with honest poverty, if you transporting gold to your grave.
must, and turn to more important matters than
transporting gold to your grave. Never meet trouble halfway. Anxiety is the rust of
life; when you add tomorrow’s burdens to today’s
Never meet trouble halfway. Anxiety is the rust of their weight becomes unbreakable. Avoid the
life; when you add tomorrow’s burdens to today’s mourner’s bench and give thanks, instead, for your
their weight becomes unbreakable. Avoid the defeats. You would not receive them if you did not
mourner’s bench and give thanks, instead, for your need them. Always learn from others. He who
defeats. You would not receive them if you did not teaches himself has a fool for a master. Be careful.
need them. Always learn from others. He who Do not overload your conscience.
teaches himself has a fool for a master. Be careful.
Do not overload your conscience. Conduct your life as if it were spent in an arena
filled with tattlers. Avoid boasting. If you see
Conduct your life as if it were spent in an arena anything in you that puffs you with pride, look close
filled with tattlers. Avoid boasting. If you see and you will find more than enough to make you
anything in you that puffs you with pride, look close humble.
and you will find more than enough to make you
humble. Be wise. Realize that all men are not created
equal, for there is no equality in nature, yet no man
Be wise. Realize that all men are not created was ever born whose work was not born with him.
equal, for there is no equality in nature, yet no man Work every day as if it were your first, yet tenderly
was ever born whose work was not born with him. treat the lives you touch as if they will all end at
Work every day as if it were your first, yet tenderly midnight. Love everyone, even those who deny
treat the lives you touch as if they will all end at you, for hate is a luxury you cannot afford. Seek
midnight. Love everyone, even those who deny out those in need. Learn that he who delivers with
you, for hate is a luxury you cannot afford. Seek one hand will always gather with two. Be of good
out those in need. Learn that he who delivers with cheer.
one hand will always gather with two. Be of good
cheer. Above all, remember that very little is needed to
make a happy life. Look up. Reach out. Cling
Above all, remember that very little is needed to simply to God and journey quietly on your
make a happy life. Look up. Reach out. Cling pathway to forever with charity and a smile.
simply to God and journey quietly on your When you depart, it will be said by all that your
pathway to forever with charity and a smile. legacy was a better world than the one you
When you depart, it will be said by all that your found.
legacy was a better world than the one you
found.

CREDENDA