May I be happy

May I be peaceful

May I be safe from harm

May I enjoy happiness and the root of happiness

May I experience ease and well being in body, mind and spirit

Frank Jude Buccio author of Mindfullness Yoga

Waking this morning, I smile. 

A brand new day is before me.

I aspire to live each moment mindfully,

and to look upon all beings with the eyes

of kindness and compassion.

May you, and all other beings be happy and free from suffering.

by Frank Boccio in April ’10 Yoga Journal.  (I believe this was adapted from Thich Nhat Hanh’s Mindfulness Gatha).

Patanjali Sutra II.17:  The cause of all suffering is the inability to distinguish between what IS the truth and what APPEARS to be the truth.

“The truth will set you free.  But first it will piss you off.”  Gloria Steinem