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Before I dream may I hope for You. Before I long may I reach for You. Before I judge may I listen to You. Before I rush may I rest with You. Before I shout may I call on You. Before I doubt may I hear from You. Before I brag may I point to You. Before I fear may I trust in You. Before I act may I remember You . . . So that in these things, in all I do, It is not I that am first, but always You.
To know, To will... To dare to see. To strive, To live... To die to Be.
If you know the content of your own heart ...
If you know the content of your own heart ... If you can be consciously aware of this condition ... Then you not only know the secret contents Of the heart of everyone else you meet, But you also know that there is no difference Between you and all of these "others" In the realization of this undivided life You are given the Grace of knowing That God is one ... And that each one of us Is a secret measure of His divine life.
When your senses reel, And all you can feel Is the pull of the world on you ... ... Cling fast to your Aim, Remember His name And strive in your Work to be True.
But How ... In that moment of Sweetness When you're relieved of all debt, Can you turn right 'round in yourself And in an instant forget ... How hard ... And unbearably heavy It has been just to be you, And yet still be so demanding Others must pay you your due?
And as to Life's Course, Do hold this one thought: We are made, Each of us, As much by what we will, As by what we will not.
The Secret of Perfect Relationships
The less we learn to long for -- or depend upon -- Special understanding from others, The less we will suffer for not receiving this. The less we suffer over what others Seem incapable of giving to us, The less unhappy will we find ourselves In these unanswered moments of our lives Spent in the company of friends and foes alike. The less pain we have over what life appears to deny us, The more at peace we naturally become with ourselves. The more of this serenity we grow to know within ourselves, The easier it becomes for us to give to others This harmony founded in our New Understanding. Whenever we give others this new order of Understanding Without asking for anything in return, Those we greet with this Gift are silently touched; they are moved By this willingness to put their concerns before our own. And it is this one action that awakens in them . . . Their sleeping need to respond in kind. Happiness is the wholeness found in conscious kindness. This is the secret of perfect relationships.
