Notice your impatience, your defiance and inclination to do battle.

Where there is pain, offer compassion. Where there is fear, reach out with tenderness. When there is resistance, respond with patience.

Modah ani—I am grateful. Throughout the day, pause ten times and offer gratitude. Give thanks for the food you eat, for a beautiful sight or sound. Offer praise for an insight, a moment of connection, a moment of love.

Notice moments of responding to yourself and others harshly. Do your best to breathe into these moments with love.

she is not the source of her power She is the channel through which the Divine power flows.

am loved, I am cherished for being exactly who I am. And through this love I bring forth blessing.

We ask that our hands be open and our hearts be pure so that our lives can be of service and, together with all beings, we will bring forth blessing.

We cultivate the practice of responding to ourselves and others with compassion and kindness.

We ask ourselves, What do I have to let go of to move forward? I will act compassionately toward all. I will remember that my strength comes from the Eternal.