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 [...]
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 [...]
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.