The last bohemians?

tailor · 3rd November 2007, 20:58

Always thought what in time I dont found sense to leave in the nght to the pubs and discotecas. But it isnt this way, every time I enjoy more going to all those places, enjoy the night, the music, drinking some martini, meeting people and when the colour "blue reprach" at dawn caught us...go to eat something in a bar. Now I understand that perhaps it will be like this for certain kind of people like me and my friends. The last bohemios or inmature people?

Rolzysmum · 3rd November 2007, 21:20

Noooooooo!!! Live life to the full! It's so short anyway - make the most of it. Enjoy!

PeterRayner · 3rd November 2007, 21:32

Dont know why but the /Desiderata Poem springs to mind ...might be the last few lines.

Desiderata - by Max Ehrmann

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.

Max Ehrmann c.1920

tailor · 9th November 2007, 01:39

Amen.
"The least frequent in this world is to live. Most people is there, that's all."

Oscar Wilde

mac · 9th November 2007, 07:30

I like the lines "Such a pity if life's so full of care, we do not have time to stop and stare"

JAnot · 9th November 2007, 08:36

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Originally Posted by mac

I like the lines "Such a pity if life's so full of care, we do not have time to stop and stare"

What is this life if full of care
We have no time to stand and stare?
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep, or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this, if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

William Henry Davies 1871 - 1940