Waking up this morning, I smile.

Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.

I vow to live fully in each moment

and to look at all beings with eyes of

compassion.

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‘A practitioner is washing saucepans or peeling carrots. … As I walk past them, I place my hand on their shoulder and ask: “What are you doing?” This is similar to a toe tapping the earth. If they are practicing they will reply: “Thay, I am following my breathing and dwelling in the peaceful realm of mindfulness.” If they are not practicing they may say: “Thay, I am washing up a saucepan or I am peeling a carrot.” In that case the toe touching the earth has not produced a miracle. I only need to ask “What are you doing?” and that question could be enough for them to wake up and step out of the realm of forgetfulness, dreaming about the past, or worrying about the future, and enter the world of the wonderful present moment.’

Thich Nhat Hanh

from The Bodhisattva Path: Commentary on the Vimalakirtinirdesa and Ugrapariprccha Sutras