Let's Sing Along with DESIDERATA for SingOut2011!

As "Singing Hearts (and Lungs)" participating in the global synergy project called "SingOut2011," short for "Sing Out our Love, Peace, Joy starting in 2011," let's all sing out together in small and big family- and friendship-based groups right in our own homes, parks, schools, offices, etc., in the various localities across our One World. Sing Out together as guided by a Youtube upload brought to your own computers by the SingOut2011 leaders and volunteer "Cyber-Amplifiers"
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As soon as you (singular or, preferably, plural) are ready around the computer, please click at this link, and then click at the facebook/email tab and at the blogsite link, to view the lyrics below, so you can sing along with this refrain every time it plays out:

You are a child of the universe,
No less than the trees and the stars;
You have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding
as it should.


Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
And remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender,
Be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly,
And listen to others,
Even the dull and ignorant;
They too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
They are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
You may become vain and bitter;
For always there will be greater
and lesser persons than yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
No less than the trees and the stars;
You have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding
as it should.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, However humble;
It is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
For the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
Many persons strive for high ideals;
And everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
For in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
It is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
Gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you
in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline;
Be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
No less than the trees and the stars;
You have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding
as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God,
Whatever you conceive him to be,
And whatever your labours and aspirations,
In the noisy confusion of life,
Keep peace with your soul.
With all it's sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
It is still a beautiful world.
Be careful.
Strive to be happy.

You are a child of the universe,
No less than the trees and the stars;
You have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding
as it should.

Desiderata was apparently written between 1906 & 1920 by Max Ehrmann (1872-1945) who copyrighted the piece in 1927. The confusion about authorship of this poem is due to its distribution by Reverend Frederick Kates within a collection of works for his congregation in 1959. The church notepaper was headed "The Old St Paul's Church, Baltimore, AD 1692". As the poem became more widely circulated, it came to be assumed that the poem originated in this old church which was founded in 1692.
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This manner of singing out may also be done with poems and other pronouncements promoting the themes of Love, Peace, Joy. With these other poems/pronouncements, the Sing Out - Amen song is recommended.
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--ding reyes, lead initiator, SingOut2011

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This project is a Philippine initiative seeking to contribute to a Global Synergy in the "Heart Energy Field"
for hastened Evolution of Human Consciousness about our Real Oneness. For more information about Sing-Out 2011, please click here.
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To enlist as a Facebook Friend of Sing-Out 2011, click here and press "Add as Friend."
Enlist now, and ask many of your friends to do the same! The Sing-Out 2011 is a global initiative from the Philippines, now being propagated via the Internet in many countries around the globe. Sing Out Cheeeers!