I will purify my mind, body and speech with the jewels of humility, wisdom and compassion; I will rise untouched as the lotus from the earth, as impenetrable as the seed of Buddhanature.
I will live life with a sense of abundance, rather than scarcity.
My life is full; of opportunities, of amazing people, of unbelievable beauty and good fortune.
I will be mindful of this, always.
I will be mindful of my breathing, seeking to quiet the running stream of thoughts in my mind; like a river, the water will flow over my feet but I will remain unmoved. In this way my mind will be a still pond, where even the tiny movement of a dragonfly on the water’s surface is seen clearly.
I will make a dedicated effort to spend more time listening to those around me, and less time doing the talking. In this way, I hope to become a better friend, a wiser man and a more understanding person.
With each each moment I will practice loving-kindness; I will radiate positive energy and maintain a peaceful, understanding attitude toward those that I encounter. If I should find there is someone who challenges this in me, I will only allow that influence to drive me to try harder.
With each day, I will make a positive, beneficial action into a habit, and make the aversion of a negative, detrimental action a habit as well. In this way, I will habitually make myself and my life better each day, and without thinking to avoid those actions which hinder my progress.
If a problem arises, I will be thankful for the opportunity to encounter it, learn and grow.
If I feel pain, I will be thankful I am alive to feel it.
If I feel joy, I will be thankful for the good fortune that brought it to me.
This positive energy will color my day and influence everything and everyone around me.
It is remarkable that the most real feeling in perception of time “the present”, cannot be measured in any units of time. Present is duration-less, it is an infinitesimal. On the timeline both the past and the future which are seen as durations in time encroach on the present.