Indeed, a masterpiece composed of
perfect words that the author could possibly write with his sincere heart!
Compared to any other poems I
have read, (though I have just actually read few of them), “Desiderata” is the
most appealing, inspiring and indeed the best artwork I have dwelt into. It has
the power to invade my mind with full focus and attention to each line in the
stanzas of the poetry. It has a unique magic which has been able to touch my
heart and reflect through the deepest part of my soul.
Written by American writer, Max Ehrmann, “Desiderata”
literally “means desired things.” It is a 1927 prose poem which became widely
known after being used in devotional events. It is subsequently being found at Adlai
Stevenson’s deathbed in 1965 and also has spoken-word recordings in 1971 and
1972.
This poem is very beautiful and
impressive that allows me to like and love this literary piece. Each line in
each stanza has given me a wonderful message that people including me, can use
as a guide in everyday life. It serves as the lighting torch that one could
carry as he traverses in a path which may sometimes be darker.
Among the lines of the poem are lines
that really caught my attention and cause a great impact in me.
One of which is the line, “If you
compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there
will be greater and lesser persons than yourself”.
Truly, vain and bitter are
effects of too much comparison with each others, so we should stop doing so. We
should be contented with the things we have in life. We shouldn’t compare
ourselves to others because we have our own individual stories. We are the
writers of our own book. We are the dictator of our own faith. Comparison
between each other is indeed wrong for we are born to improve ourselves without
causing any harm to others, neither having harm from them.
Another line is the last part of
the time that says, “With all its sham drudgery and broken dreams; it is still
a beautiful world. BE CHEERFUL. STRIVE TO BE HAPPY”.
It gives us the thought of being optimistic
the idea of solutions to problems, the hope to stand up after downfalls. It tells
us that even there are many trials which we face in our lives, courage, trust
and faith will make us enough to fight against it. God has His own plans for
each one of is. He will never give any challenge that we couldn’t hurdle. He
will not give us sorrows that we can’t handle. He will never bestow us sadness
without our power to convert them to smiles. We shouldn’t lose hope but
instead, we need to be cheerful enough and be persevering enough. In this, we
could better persons, and soon, the best persons that would occupy this world
given to us.
For these, "Desiderata" is indeed a masterpiece composed of
perfect words that the author could possibly write with his sincere heart!
