Dear God/ess, Welcome to the promise of every day as a New Day! The feelings of potential are wonderful to relax into and to cherish.

I know that life challenges arise every day, and the following show us to how to deal with these.

1) Arise early in the day to write Prayers or Morning Journaling.

I write prayers in order to open myself at all times to the Divine. Maybe I am one who needs constant reminding. But writing prayers is an exercise in discipline and creativity. It is an excellent writing practice.

When I lost my beloved dog, Mukunda. on 1/6/10, writing daily prayers eased my sorrow, and helped me to face the grief head on.

2) Walk every day with your dog.

I now have one dog whose name is Ulysses. We go on many walks, we play ball, and Ulysses loves to play "stick," as well. Ulysses, by the way, took the passing of Mukunda very well, because Muki died in my arms with Ule observing. Say what you will, but animals take death in stride. They seem to innately know that death does not exist, and nothing ever dies.

3) Play your instrument at least three times a week.

Playing and listening to music is one of the most beautiful and soothing experiences of a day. Singing to the clouds also is your gift to the Universe.

4) Communicate with like-minded people.

This is an easy one. Online and offline, select friends who you may or may not see eye to eye on all things, nevertheless, choose to  love each other.

5) Commit to loving thoughts continuously.

This is my favorite Intention of all. Every moment of every day, we have a choice in what we think and the way we think. We can choose love or we can choose fear. I believe a meditation practice is powerfully helpful in automatically choosing love over fear.

6) Allow all the good in the Universe to be your constant companion.

This one is easy as long as I have a dog in my life. All the good in the Universe is contained in all the dogs I have ever had. Since dogs are the greatest companions known to hu-mans, then Love is the natural outcome of these wonderful friendships.

What happens if I don't have a dog? I'll have to go out into the world and find one!

7) See the good in all the people, all the time.

I am getting better and better at this one. Yes humans can do some pretty stupid things that end up being amazingly unloving. These things are done out of ignorance.

Forgiveness is the only answer.

See the good in every situation.

Let us say I have a particularly challenging situation arise. I have a choice, whether to emphasize the drama of the story, how "awful" it was or is; or I can choose to see all of the blessings from everything that happened.

I choose the latter!

9) Seek balance in solitude and the company of people.

It is possible to be alone too much, or be with people far too much. Seeking balance in these and all things is my wish for all of us in each new day.

10) Cherish the time that we have here on Planet Earth.

Every moment is precious. Love it. Live it. Experience it. Do not run away from it.

Om, Peace Amen.

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