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Be grateful for the beauty and mystery of it all

Credo for today

Why am I here? Who am I? 

What do I believe?

How shall I live my life?

Where do I stand? 

When do I speak out?

Ten Commitments

I shall honor Spirit: my God, your God, their gods, and the God within me. I shall honor my word, and take responsibility for what I speak. I shall rest, honoring a Sabbath time. I shall honor my family, my community, and my beloved biosphere. I shall honor my capacity to kill – and have the common sense, wisdom, and compassion to not commit such an act. I shall honor my sexuality, committing no offense. I shall not steal. I shall tell the truth –and endeavor not to add to chaos, war, or misery. I shall govern my envy of others, refusing to let it dictate my behavior. I shall be grateful, to humbly bow and kneel to the beauty and mystery of it all.

Ten Reminders

Clean up my inner litter; this includes not dumping it in my neighbor’s yard. Quit carping and complaining, raining my misery on others. Let go of my personal hurts; stop nursing them as if they were my only children. I am not the center of the universe; life is not all about me and what I want. I am connected and interconnected with everything. What I do matters. Accept all of myself, and all of you – our greatness and our pettiness. Be of service to others, to something greater than myself. Loosen my attachments: to being right, to being liked, to being perfect. Listen to and trust my inner voice, my inner wisdom, and the wisdom of my body. Befriend death and dying.

Why Am I Here? Perhaps …

I am here to wake up. I am here to be useful. I am here to be happy. I am here to make a difference. I am here to work out my spiritual dilemmas. I am here to love. I am here to create. I am here to be in this miraculous yet ordinary body. I am here to realize my birthright as an evolving being. I am here to remember who I am.

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