A Precious Human Life

A Precious Human Life

“Everyday, think as you wake up,

today I am fortunate to have woken up, 

I am alive, I have a precious human life, 

I am not going to waste it,

I am going to use all my energies to develop myself,

to expand my heart out to others,

to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings,

I am going to have kind thoughts towards other, 

I am not going to get angry,

or think badly about others,

I am going to benefit others,

as much as I can.”

A poem by the Dalai Lama