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    Episode 3: Desiderata

    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 to 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 perennial as the grass.

    Take kindly to 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 labors and aspirations.

    in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

    With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

    Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

    Episode 5: Perspective

    Episode 6: Congratulations

Episode 7: First Things First

For those of you who don’t know, here’s an excerpt of Howard Beale in the movie Network

Howard Beale: We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV’s while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes as if that’s the way it’s supposed to be. We know things are bad – worse than bad. They’re crazy. It’s like everything everywhere is going crazy.  All I know is that first, you’ve got to get mad. You’ve got to say, ‘I’m a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!’ So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, ‘I’M  MAD AS HELL, AND IM NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!’.