​“Desiderata” is not a short poem, but it is so powerful & speaks so well to our troubled, scary times, that the few minutes it takes to read is, I believe, a truly worthwhile investment. While researching for this, my first post, I learned “Desiderata” is the most searched poem on the internet, second only to the Bible. So it seems, I am truly not alone with my love of these words! My hope is these words for a well-lived life will speak their wonderful wisdom for you.

Several years ago, my husband, Jon, & I would frequently take the same path on our walk in an older St. Paul neighborhood, where we would pass a charming, artsy home with a plaque by the front door with these words on it: “Tell me, what is it your plan to do With your one wild and precious life?”