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The Melody That The Loved One Played Upon The Piano Of Your Life Will Never Be Played Quite That Way Again, But We Must Not Close The Keyboard And Allow The Instrument To Gather Dust. We Must Seek Out Other Artists Of The Spirit, New Friends Who Gradually Will Help Us To Find The Road To Life Again, Who Will Walk The Road With Us.

A Love Of Neighbor Manifests Itself In The Tolerance Not Only Of Opinions Of Others But, What Is More Important, Of The Essence And Uniqueness Of Others, When We Subscribe To That Religious Philosophy Of Life That Insists That God Has Made Each Man And Woman An Individual Sacred Personality Endowed With A Specific Temperament, Created With Differing Needs, Hungers, Dreams. This Is A Variegated, Pluralistic World Where No Two Stars Are The Same And Every Snowflake Has Its Own Distinctive Pattern. God Apparently Did Not Want A Regimented World Of Sameness.

The Quest For This Unwearied Peace Is Constant And Universal. Probe Deeply Into The Teaching Of Buddha, Maimonides, Or A Kempis, And You Will Discover That They Base Their Diverse Doctrines On The Foundation Of A Large Spiritual Serenity. Analyze The Prayers Of Troubled, Overborne Mankind Of All Creeds, In Every Age-and Their Petitions Come Down To The Irreducible Common Denominators Of Daily Bread And Inward Peace. Grown Men Do Not Pray For Vain Trifles. When They Lift Up Their Hearts And Voices In The Valley Of Tears They Ask For Strength And Courage And Understanding.

Let Us Learn To Accept Ourselves-accept The Truth That We Are Capable In Some Directions And Limited In Others, That Genius Is Rare, That Mediocrity Is A Portion Of Almost All Of Us, But That We Can Contribute From The Storehouse Of Our Skills To The Enrichment Of Our Common Life.

Maturity Is Achieved When A Person Accepts Life As Full Of Tension; When He Does Not Torment Himself With Childish Guilt Feelings, But Avoids Tragic Adult Sins; When He Postpones Immediate Pleasures For The Sake Of Long-term Values.... Our Generation Must Be Inspired To Search For That Maturity Which Will Manifest Itself In The Qualities Of Tenacity, Dependability, Co-operativeness And The Inner Drive To Work And Sacrifice For A Nobler Future Of Mankind.