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Dave Shaffer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Location: Mansfield, PA
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some poetry
Desiderata

1927 Max Erhmann

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 the 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.
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 dark 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 labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
so here's a thought or two
Friday. 1.13.06 12:03 am
I live in this new apartment now and it is very nice, however there are very few things in it that actually belong to me. The beds that my roommate and I sleep on were bought and paid for by my mom, just like the desks, the light, the end tables, the coffee table, the TV stands, the TV, the DVD player, the chairs, the liquor we've been destroying, the interface I've been using to record, the plates, the silverware, the glasses, and most of the food. The rest of the food was bought and paid for by Dave, as has been the first month's rent.

The electric guitar I play was a gift to me from my dad when I was a junior in high school; the acoustic I play was a gift-to-be-paid-back to me from my mom. My drums were a birthday present when I was 14. My computer was my graduation present from my dad and Heidi, and they held out that I owed them $800 on it because they were only going to pay $500 for the whole mess, however I believe that was forgiven a while ago too.

Currently I owe my mom somwehere along the lines of $3000 for stuff she gave me last summer, namely my car, guitar, and mixer, though in fairness, I have poured a buttload of money in insurance, gas, and repairs, and my mom does get to drive the car around most of the time.

Currently I owe my dad somewhere around $500 plus a billion other little things I'm sure, just from him bailing me out of rent problems over the last few years.

Dave has basically tapped himself dry providing stuff for the apartment, and while it's all going to change in T-5 days, he still was able to do what he could, and all I could do was say "Hey, my mom's got this furniture in a storage facility that she can't afford. Let's go get it."

I don't know. I'm just feeling like I wish I could do more for the people I know because I'm feeling a lot like a mooch right now. I know you have to do what you have to do, but I'm almost 22 and I don't think I've ever been able to actually provide for myself, with the exception of when I was in the dorms and working, and that was only for myself and I rarely got to do anything for anybody else. I feel like I owe everybody a lot and I just take for granted that people are going to help me out when I think I need it. And perhaps that's not such a bad thing, but I want my turn to do that for someone else.

I guess I'm starting to get my shit together enough to know that I can't be living on someone else's dime anymore and I'm feeling bad about it. I owe everybody so much and I want to do more than just pay it back, I want to be able to give that to someone else. I wanna be owed money because that means I had it in the first place, which means I got myself to a point where I could make enough to give it to people, which means I will have succeeded to a degree financially, which to me will mean that I will have succeeded to a degree personally.

Because right now I've got $0.40 to my name.

This sounds to me a lot like Maslow's hierarchy of needs stuff. Just an afterthought.
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I hear ya
Let me give you a BIG hug...maybe you will feel better. Money is VERY stressful
» J918hockey on 2006-01-13 12:14:08


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