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Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions
This was printed in my Church bulletin a few years ago. I've had it clipped out and hanging on my frig ever since. Just thought I'd share...enjoy!
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.
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12-16-2005, 01:22 PM
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Re: Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions
Thank you, JAB. I find that very inspiring
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12-16-2005, 01:31 PM
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Re: Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions
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snip snip! thanks I'm borrowing that! hehehehee....  |
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12-16-2005, 03:49 PM
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Re: Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions
I'm filching that too!! Thank you
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Re: Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions
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Now I'm waiting for someone to make a comment about #7 and their voices...! 
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12-16-2005, 10:20 PM
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Re: Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions
Welcome to my world Jab..........thanks... we must all try to live within what our soul will allow. That was excellent and I too will snatch it to send to others.
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12-16-2005, 10:47 PM
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Re: Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions
May I also borrow to pass on? I have some friends who will appreciate the sentiments
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Re: Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions
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I think #11 should be "I will laugh more and learn to not take myself, nor life, too seriously!"
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