Dance with delight as often as possible.  Play in the colors of my freedom to choose.  Laugh out loud.  Scream in the middle of silence.  Dig my hands into sand.  Dive into waves.  Get lost.  Allow myself to be found.  Be scared a lot.  Plant seeds and tend to them but do not worry if some seeds never break through.  Trust in the Universe.  Learn to let go of control.  Honor physical bodies as holy temples for spirits to grow and reside.  Dream always and never stop dreaming.  Do what I love.  Let my heart’s song be sung.  Feel the pulsation present in all things and all peoples.  Live in wonder.  Wander.  Accept my parents.  Accept myself.  Accept others.  Know it’s okay to be disappointed.  Forgive and let myself be forgiven.  Cry when I have boiled over with life’s blessings.  Live in gratitude.  Take risks that might make me experience loss or sadness or both.  Fight my way, at least once, out of the dark.  (* remember, if I haven’t been there in a while, I’m not fully living)  Learn to walk in another’s shoes.  Practice ahimsa, non-harming, in all ways.  Remember that being truthful doesn’t mean being hurtful.  Believe that I am, have been, or one day will be every character in the story.  Open my eyes and be blown away and blown open at least once every day.  Look at the moon and know the moon’s fullness to be my own.  Live as if the whole world is watching, without judgment, with only love.  Lead a life of integrity.  Do what I say I’m going to do or at least try.  Let my story be told.  Let it be big.  Hold nothing back.  Trust I’ll be back for more.  Leave imprints on the hearts of many.  Have children so that a part of me dances intimately with the spirit of my beloved and from that intimate commingling of souls a new spirit will be brought into this world.

Open every pore that is a part of me and FEEL, radically and greedily, FEEL.  Revel in silence.  Never be afraid of the dark.  Believe in the unknown.  Believe in the mystical and the mystery.  Have faith in something.  Only look back when I need to.  Honor the artist within all beings, including myself.  Begin now to paint the masterpiece that is my life.  Every so often hang it on a wall, step back and smile at the mastery found and seen when I recognize my gifts and share them with the world.  Hope for the best.  Believe in peace.  Be ready when it’s time.  Say all that my heart needs to say.  Hold nothing back.  Take the leap.  Step two feet in.  Let go of the bank of the river.  Trust I’ve learned along the way to swim.  Soften.  Open my heart.  Take it all in.  Be overcome with remembrance of everything – every face, every voice, every touch, every embrace, every color, every feeling, every expression, every love, every loss, every place I’ve ever been, every journey I’ve ever traveled, every moment of darkness, every time I fought my way back to the light, every death, every birth, every breath, every day – I remember it all.