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1. I will live in the present moment.
I will not obsess about the past
or worry about the future.
2. I will cultivate the art
of making connections.
I will pay attention to how my life
is intimately related
to all life on the planet.
3. I will be thankful
for all the blessings in my life.
I will spell out my days
with a grammar of gratitude.
4. I will practice hospitality
in a world where too often
strangers are feared,
enemies are hated,
and the "other" is shunned.
I will welcome guests
and alien ideas with graciousness.
5. I will seek liberty and justice for all.
I will work for a free and a fair world.
6. I will add to
the planet's fund of good will
by practicing little acts of kindness,
brief words of encouragement,
and manifold expressions of courtesy.
7. I will cultivate
the skill of deep listening.
I will remember that all things
in the world want to be heard,
as do the many voices inside me.
8. I will practice reverence for life
by seeing the sacred in, with, and under
all things of the world.
9. I will give up trying
to hide, deny, or escape
from my imperfections.
I will listen
to what my shadow side
has to say to me.
10. I will be willing to learn
from the spiritual teachers
all around me,
however unlikely or unlike me
they may be.
Author Unknown
Original Title:
SPIRITUALLY LITERATE
NEW YEAR'S SELF PROMISES
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