11/06/2024
                                            May I look forward to the next moment in my life,
in the next minute, today, this week, 
to come face to face with an opportunity,
inside myself or within my relations,
to choose tolerance over intolerance,
to choose love and inclusion over fear and separation,
to choose action in alignment with my values for the welfare of all 
over collapsed inaction.
And may I remember, 
when that time comes, 
that if I am able to choose “rightly” 
it will be a shared victory 
as I celebrate all the interdependent factors 
that led my individual being to being able to make that choice 
in that moment.
And were I to “fail” 
when that time comes to choose in that way, 
may I remember to see the opportunity to expand my heart’s compassion 
to all who cannot choose differently, 
until they can.