We always have the choice:
To let life's circumstances
make us hard,
make us increasingly resentful
and afraid,
or to let them soften us,
and make us kinder.
This wisdom is always available
but we often block it out
with habitual patterns
rooted in fear.
Beyond that fear lies
a state of open-heartedness
and tenderness.
Awaken innate basic goodness
and connect with others;
cultivate loving-kindness,
compassion, joy and equanimity.
Accept all complete with their
faults and imperfections.
Stay in the present moment.
Confess your hidden faults.
Approach that which repulses you.
Help those you think
cannot be helped.
Those things you are attached to,
let them go.
Go to places that scare you.
