RE: Fear rules at times in our lives.

Desiderata has always been a very special piece for both robin and me.
The very first time we heard it, her uncle read it at our wedding.
Every line rings of so much truth.

I used it when I was teaching and I can still repeat every line from memory.
When my students learned it, I would make them a plaque with the Desiderate on it along with a picture of their choosing.

Here's one that I made for a student of mine, but I never had a chance to give it to her.
She came from a messed-up home and was living with her father.
Something came down, which I never heard exactly what it was, and in a matter of a few days, she was gone, moved to New Mexico to live with her older brother.