My Symphony

I've been digging this poem- thought I'd share:

"To live content with small means; to seek eloquence rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion;
To be worthy, not respectable and wealthy, not rich;
To study hard, think quietly talk gently, act frankly;
To listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with an open heart;
To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never.
In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden, and unconscious grow up through the commonplace.
This is to be my symphony."

-William Henry Channing, 1810-1884