{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Curiosity Chronicle","title":"The Poem I Wish I Read 10 Years Ago","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b286530f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":163,"description":"Last week, a reader sent me a poem that stopped me in my tracks.\nTo live content with small means.\nTo seek elegance rather than luxury,\nand refinement rather than fashion.\nTo be worthy not respectable,\nand wealthy not rich.\nTo study hard, think quietly, talk gently,\nact frankly, to listen to stars, birds, babes,\nand sages with open heart, to bear all cheerfully,\ndo all bravely, await occasions, hurry never.\nIn a word, to let the spiritual,\nunbidden and unconscious,\ngrow up through the common.\nThis is to be my symphony.\n- William Ellery Channing\nI don’t think I’ve ever seen a better distillation of a good life captured in so few words...\n•••\nAndrew Huberman called my first book \"An important clarifying force in anyone’s search to make the best possible choices for their life.\" \nJoin 300,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale!\n\nOrder The 5 Types of Wealth Now!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nO1oo__jWE5MpZsRfwEO_6q4py16kwv8WwJybce4FA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxOTcwLzE2NzEx/MzU5MDctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}