10 VOWS OF SUCCESS -Og Mandino through Hafid

1. Never again will I pity 

or belittle myself.

2. Never again will I greet the dawn without a map.

3. Always will I bathe my days in the 

golden glow of enthusiasm.

4. Never again will I be disagreeable to a living soul.

5. Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity.

6. Never again will I perform any task 

at less than my best. 

7. Always will I throw my whole self into the task at hand.

8. Never again will I wait and hope for 

opportunity to embrace me.

9. Never will I examine, each night, 

my deeds of the fading day.

10. Always will I maintain contact, 

through prayer, 

with my Creator.

ritual...

I clear the space that surrounds us.
I set aside the clutter of my day
so the chaos does not obstruct my view of You.

I clear myself.

I breathe out the weight of my ego
so my heart is opened to you.

I open my eyes.
I find you at my side,
waiting for my frantic mind
to settle finally on You.

We meet,
joining in the sacred ceremony of our routine
in the quiet motions that still my wild heart.
It's time to be in this moment.
I am with You and nowhere else.

-  Abigail Wurdeman 

+1 for Rudyard Kipling, he says...

God could not be everywhere,
and
therefore
He made mothers...