#1: Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace by St Francis of Assisi
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred let me bring your love
Where there is injury, your pardon Lord
And where there’s doubt, true faith in You.
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there’s despair in life let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there’s sadness only joy.
O Master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my soul.
Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
It is in giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we are born to eternal life.
#2: From Robert Bloomfield
I love to mark the floweret’s eye
To rest where pebbles form my bed
Where shapes and colours scattered lie
In varying millions round my head
The soul rejoices when alone
And feels her glorious empire free
Sees God in every shining stone
And revels in variety
#3: The Small Beautitudes by The Small Beautitudes
Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves;
they will have no end of fun.
Blessed are those who can tell a mountain from a molehill;
they will be saved a lot of bother.
Blessed are those who know how to relax
without looking for excuses;
they are on their way to becoming wise.
Blessed are those who are sane enough
not to take themselves too seriously;
they will be valued most by those about them.
Happy are you if you can take small things seriously
and face serious things calmly;
you will go far in life.
Happy are you if you can appreciate a smile and forget a frown;
you will walk on the sunny side of the street.
Happy are you if you can be kind in
understanding the attitudes of others
even when the signs are unfavourable;
you may be taken for a fool, but this is the price of charity.
Blessed are those who think before acting and pray before thinking;
they will avoid many blunders.
Happy are you if you know how to hold your tongue and smile,
even when people interrupt and contradict you or tread on your toes;
the Gospel has begun to seep into your heart.
Above all,
blessed are you who recognise the Lord in all whom you meet;
the light of truth shines in your life
for you have found true wisdom.
#4: From Mahatma Gandhi
I offer you peace.
I offer you Love.
I offer you Friendship.
I see your Beauty.
I hear your need.
I feel your feelings.
My wisdom flows from the Highest Source.
I salute that Source in you.
Let us work together for unity and love.
#5: A to Zen of Life by Dalai Lama
Avoid negative sources, people, places and habits.
Believe in yourself.
Consider things from every angle.
Don’t give up and don’t give in.
Everything you’re looking for lies behind the mask you wear.
Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.
Give more than you planned to.
Hang onto your dreams.
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Keep trying no matter how hard it seems.
Love yourself.
Make it happen.
Never lie, steal or cheat.
Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
Practice makes perfect.
Quality not quantity in anything you do.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Stop procrastinating.
Take control of your own destiny.
Understand yourself in order to better understand others.
Visualize it.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Xcellence in all your efforts.
You are unique, nothing can replace you.
Zero in on your target, and go for it.
#6: Decide To Dream by Robert Muller
Decide to widely open the gates
Of your wonderful Mind, Heart and Soul
Let flow in the dreams of God
Of the Angels, Saints, Prophets and Sages
Give birth and let out into the world the dreams
Of your own unique, unrepeatable Cosmic Being.
If not born for any other purpose..
Be born to dream, be born to love
Be born to fashion a better world
Dreams and dreamers never die
From Heaven you will see your dreams come true
You will reincarnate, inspire and energize new dreamers
The dreams of our beautiful Planet of Dreams will never die
Until we become the paradise we were always meant to be
And are about to joyfully become