Prayer in Progress Part 2 of _?__

Today I continue my Prayer in Progress.  My hope is to someday boil all this down into some sort of personal manifesto that will give my life meaning and direction.  Again, these are core values, beliefs (or at least things I think I want to believe in), what I stand for or hope to stand for, and how I intend to live my life — the few years I have to remain on this earth.  The hope is that it will stand for both a statement of principles and as a call to action.  We shall see.

In the meantime, I’ll share a few notes every day here in hopes that if just one person stumbles upon this blog and reads one meaningful line, then I will have helped the world in at least one tiny way.  These are in no particular order - for now.  Again, I’m sorry that I didn’t/done always cite the author.

Here goes Part 2 of __?__

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow, study as if you were to live forever.” — Thomas More

“The one human freedom that can’t be taken away from us is the power to choose.”  Viktor Frankl

I’m at peace, God, knowing that you created me with a pure soul.  You are merciful and full of grace.  There is nothing that I can do to make You love me more and there is nothing I can do to make You love me less.

As I practice this life, I hope to see each person I meet as you see me.  I am no better than anyone else is; I am no worse. 
Mine is not a better way; mine is merely a different way.

I am a free and sovereign person. 

The ONE thing that I HAVE to do today is:  Breathe.

Today I will seek happiness for myself and to bring happiness to others.
Mission:  Improve self, help others, love it better than I found it.

NO FEAR
FEAR = False Evidence Assumed Real

Endeavor to Engage (Action)
Endeavor to Risk 
Failure is fiction.  Every doing is a success.
Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.
There is no such thing as failure — only results.
Experiment. Observe. Ask:  What have I learned?

To be continued . . .

Carpe diem Life,
David Kuhn