Does anyone remember this?

You are a child of the universe,

no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

That worthiness is the thing that was missing in my early years.

There is a book that has convinced me that I am equally deserving of my life

as anyone or anything in the universe –

that the universe spawned everything and everyone to this moment and beyond –

each of us unique and meant to be here!

The book, is THE GREAT WORK, OUR WAY INTO THE FUTURE, by Thomas Berry

In this book you find the amazing story of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and how they revered their place in nature and the universe, and had deep respect for all life.

"Desiderata" was translated by Max Ehrmann in 1927