Good morning.
I wake up this morning and I smile.
24 brand new hours ahead of me.
What miracle will unfold today?
I breathe in.
I fill my lungs with fresh pure air.
I sense my body and my mind waking up to the freshness of a new day.
I breathe out.
I feel peace back into the world.
I vow to care for my body and my mind,
Nurturing my body with healthy food,
Walking and stretching.
I'm nurturing my mind with positive thoughts.
I vow to be open,
Honest,
And caring in my thoughts and my words and my deeds with all beings I encounter on my path today.
I vow to give fully of myself,
Whether I smile,
A compliment,
Or the simple true gift of listening deeply.
I vow to cultivate gratitude in my heart and my mind,
To be grateful for all the teachers and mentors who have been there along my spiritual path,
And for the gifts of friendship and love,
And the gifts of health and life.
I vow to build relationships of trust,
To model spiritual truths,
And to share my gifts and wisdom openheartedly for my own successes and struggles.
I vow to be an instrument of love,
Understanding,
Respect,
And compassion,
Cultivating patience and self-love.
I will remind myself of the words of Victor Frankel,
Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
I will remind myself of the words of Rumi,
Beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
Be kind to yourself.
Breathe.
Smile.
Let go.
Today I'll have a positive and beautiful day.
Thank you.
