Wordless Wednesday: My Symphony

To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich;
to listen to stars and birds,
babes and sages,
with open heart;
to study hard;
to think quietly,
act frankly,
talk gently,
await occasions,
hurry never; in a word,
to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common -
this is my symphony.
-William Henry Channing