personalgrowth & spirituality
Commandments for a New Age (with a few affirmations thrown in)Moses got his on a mountain top. I received mine while walking on the beach at low tide, the surf sloshing around my ankles. Moses had ten. I never bothered to count. Moses's came on stone tablets. Mine arrived...
as a message in a bottle.
The envelope... er bottleneck, please!
Make your heart... ...the world's most exotic port.
Live life on the edge.
Be a person of questions, not answers.
Stop wishing on a star and become a star.
Stop throwing coins in the fountain and cast your cares to the wind.
Cling to nothing; embrace everyone.
The glass is always half full.
If you are lonely, find someone in need.
If you are in need, find something to give away.
If you love someone, set them free. It isn't just a cliche.
If you believe it become it.
Give what you desire.
Never settle.
Never settle.
Never make excuses.
Always expect the best from yourself-- and everyone else.
Always exceed expectations.
Be extravagant in all things.
Be outraged at injustice.
Do not give all you have to the poor; give the poor a job.
Give away ten percent of what you have.
Save ten percent of what you earn.
Spend as much of the rest as you can on things you don't need, creating jobs for the poor.
Teach someone to fish.
Always be honest with yourself.
Tell lies to save others; convict yourself with the truth.
Sing in the presence of enemies.
Never pray when hungry.
If a genie gives you three wishes, here is what you should wish for:
One- that everyone you love will have three wishes
Two - that everyone you hate will have three wishes
Three- that you will learn to love everyone you hate.
If anyone approaches you claiming to speak speak for God, ask for I.D.
If anyone approaches you claiming to be God, give him or her the benefit of the doubt.
Never break a promise.
Never hold your neighbor to a promise.
Never loan something you are not prepared to give away.
Never love someone you are not prepared to live without.
Don't confuse lust for destiny.
Never sleep with someone whose children you are not prepared to raise.
Be drunk on love if you must, but never love when drunk.
It really IS all about you.
It really is all about ME. Swim naked in the ocean at least once a year.
Be your own best lover.
Masturbation is the only safe sex.
Never forward an email unless you want to. You won't inherit a million dollars if you do or suffer the plagues of Job if you don't.
Always vote.
Always stay on top of the news.
Know your elected representatives and members of the Cabinet.
Be able to find Uzbekistan on a map.
Be able to summarize your beliefs on one side of a napkin.
Actually spend some time considering whether vaporizing the Middle East could be a just war.
Avoid fighting at all costs.
If you must fight, let it be for something not against someone.
Know the names of your subordinates' children.
When you die, let it be said you never spoke ill of anyone at least since today).
If you can't think of something good to say about someone, make something up.
Never do or say anything in secret that you wouldn't want to watch on the evening news.
Keep the secrets you are told.
Let your word be your bond.
Be your partner's best lover.
Save yourself for marriage; virginity is renewable.
Make a list of things to do before you die, then start checking them off.
Share your list with everyone.
Refuse to fail.
Accept defeat gracefully.
Ignore the odds.
Don't fear death.
Don't fear life.
Live when you are alive.
Heal yourself.
Aspire to greatness.
Forgive all, starting with yourself.
Never close the book.
Always leave room f or the next instruction.
Let everyone add their commandments to this list.
-jwh-