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Evoking the presence of great compassion, let us fill our hearts with our own compassion--toward ourselves and toward all living beings.
Let us pray that all living beings realize that they are all brothers and sisters, all nourished from the same source of life.
 

May I be a guard for those who need protection, a guide for those on the path. A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood.
 

May I be a lamp in the darkness, a resting place for the weary, a healing medicine for all who are sick, a vase of plenty, a tree of miracles, and for the boundless multitudes of living beings, may I bring sustenance and awakening...enduring like the earth and sky until all beings are freed from sorrow, and all are awakened.

Thank you for waking me up.
Help me not to drink.  
Help me to plan and live my day with care, integrity, open mindedness, honesty, sufficiency, action, gratitude, and grace.
Help me to accept the world as it is.
Help me to accept myself as I am.  
Help me to ask for help.  
Help me to live and be in love and service.

 

Sometimes the sun shines 

And sometimes it doesn't

But you just try get on with your life quietly

Forget heroics

Just be honest with yourself

Give up pretending to be special

Just do the best you can with the tools you've got

And as you learn to use them

You begin to see that these tools are really pretty awesome

Never stop honouring every single part of life

Everything that happens to you

And never stop being grateful for the little things

If you do this you remain awake

And if you remain awake, dawn is always close 

And life is always a blessing

I'm Nobody! Who are you?

Are you – Nobody – too?

Then there's a pair of us!

Don't tell! they'd advertise – you know!

How dreary – to be – Somebody!

How public – like a Frog –

To tell one's name – the livelong June –

To an admiring Bog!

Emily Dickinson - 1830-1886

Hold fast to dreams 

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes - 1902-1967

Just Let them.

If they want to choose something or someone over you, LET THEM.

If they want to go weeks without talking to you, LET THEM.

If they are okay with never seeing you, LET THEM.

If they are okay with always putting themselves first, LET THEM.

If they are showing you who they are and not what you perceived them to be, LET THEM.

If they want to follow the crowd, LET THEM.

If they want to judge or misunderstand you, LET THEM.

If they act like they can live without you, LET THEM.

If they want to walk out of your life and leave, hold the door open, AND LET THEM.

Let them lose you.

You were never theirs because you were always your own.

So let them.

Let them show you who they truly are, not tell you.

Let them prove how worthy they are of your time.

Let them make the necessary steps to be a part of your life.

Let them earn your forgiveness.

Let them call you to talk about ordinary things.

Let them take you out on a Thursday.

Let them talk about anything and everything just because it’s you they are talking to.

Let them have a safe place in you.

Let them see the heart in you that didn’t harden.

Let them love you.

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