1.
What you are doing right now is the most important thing.
Therefore, pay attention what you are doing.
This, too, can be a moment of beauty.
2.
We can barely understand what a dream is.
Who can say about a vision?
Therefore, live in this world.
If there is another reality, it will care for itself.
Only you can care for this life.
3.
The self is at the center of life's circle.
Moments of solitude and quiet make clearer the nature of that self.
4.
Silence is a moment of restoration.
In silence you hear the essence of things.
In silence you hear our own being.
5.
To live with all motion is to live as though with no sense.
Learn to keep still. That is the butterfly you hear.
6.
Silence helps to restore you to yourself.
7.
Silence is a doorway to the sacred.
It is a tool for self-knowledge.
8.
The wisdom of the past and the dreams of the future are eternal.
They stand here in the timeless present of quiet reflection.
9.
Learn from others what is good.
Examine yourself for what is bad.
10.
Gratitude restores you to yourself.
In gratitude you can witness the miracle of being.
11.
Be grateful for the fellowship you share with others.
Remember those who suffer from loneliness.
12.
Others have a rightful claim on you.
Therefore, measure your pleasures and gains
against the lives of others.
13.
Today is full of the past.
The present is pregnant with the future.
Be thankful for what you have inherited.
You are responsible to use your inheritance wisely for the future's sake.