Go placidly amidst the posting,
commenting and liking of other blogs.
As far as possible– be on good terms
with all your blogger friends.
Speak your truth to yourself–
telling them only what they want to hear,
even those who annoy you by
reblogging what they haven’t read
to steal your hits and your likes.
Avoid busybody bloggers
who stalk you from their toilets–
never reading a thing you wrote.
They are shallow irritations to your art.
If you compare yourself to how
many followers they each have
or how fast their likes tally upwards,
you may as well close down your blog
since you will become morbid
and feel cheated for the work you put in.
Enjoy each comment and view
since it means someone has read you.
Keep interested in what made you blog
initially,however often or simply you blog.
It is a real achievement just to have posted.
Exercise caution in what you share–
your mother-in-law may be a follower too.
Yet don’t be afraid to post your thoughts
otherwise you might as well write in your dairy.
Especially, be yourself, don’t pretend to be Prince.
Show your face behind the mask if that will help.
Do not press “like” when you do not understand
what the writer is trying to say.
Remember that they may catch you out
in their reply to your comment.
Take kindly the advice of other bloggers
especially if they have stood the test of time.
Nurture the strength of your ego to not
believe that everyone is writing about you.
They too have many flaws of their own.
So don’t stress with dark imaginings.
It’s not always about you, just sometimes
Practice discipline – you don’t have to
blog every hour or only once a month.
You are a child of the universe, not less
than the trees and the stars they all write about.
Regardless of which country you are from
you have a right to blog if you’ve paid WP.
And whether you have 5 followers or 1000
be content that your word is out there.
With all its faults, the internet takes you
to places you’ve never been and even if
you’d rather write a letter, nothing beats
a reply in an instant from a stranger
you don’t even know.
Keep peace in the knowledge
that each of your likes counts and let that
thought make you cheerful. Be happy!
I love the Desiderata in its original form and now this will sit next to it in my mind. Lovely!
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Thank you so much. Yes – I love the Desiderata too – it’s a great philosophy to follow but it lent itself so well to a challenge I was responding to to create a parody of a well known piece. Of course, I’m guilty of some of the sins I refer to. Glad you stopped by.:-) Best. Chevvy
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Glad you took up the challenge so I could read this, it flowed really well and I like all the connections you came up with. I usually dislike a paradoy but it was the Deisderata! and i came expecting to hate it but left pleased. Looking forward to read more of your posts. Wandered over here from a micro poem.
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Well, I’m glad you did and you are most welcome:-)
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Omg! This is so true… 🙂 read read read and like if you understand… love this desiderata… excellent ❤
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Thank you Quirky – it wasn’t intended to scare anyone off. It has truisms for most of us:-) But it was also just fun to write:-)
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Just so true about blogging… 🙂 I do love this… perfect! 🙂
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Who knew the Desiderata could lend itself to blogging? I love this. Thanks, Chevvy!
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Thanks Tracy. I’ve been listening to various radio advertisements using the Desiderata for their portfolio advertisements and thought I could do this for pretty much any topic. Was great fun! Thank you:-)
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As the new kid on the block I really do appreciate this sage advice.
Thanks, Chevvy!
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Hey, I’m no expert but I guess after a year I’ve figured a few things out:-)
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🙂
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OMG! This is so true!! While reading it I kept on nodding my head…sometimes smiling… “your mother-in-law may be a follower too.” 😀
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ha!ha! great response! Sometimes I can’t believe what’s lurking in my head until I’ve written it down. Yeah if my mother-in-law was following, her whole church would be in tow 🙂
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Hahaha… 😀
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This is a great parody! I first heard Desiderata in my poetry class, someone shared it when we were asked to bring in a fav poem to read aloud. 🙂
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Thank you Joan. Of course the original Desiderata is a beautiful piece of writing which I’ve relied on many-a-time but it lent itself so well for my purpose here.Have a splendid week:-)
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