Jack Kornfield

There are many ways that I have hurt others, betrayed or abandoned them, caused them suffering, knowingly or unknowingly, out of my pain, fear, anger and confusion.

I ask for your forgiveness.

There are many ways that I have hurt myself.  I have betrayed and abandoned myself many times through thought, word or deed, knowingly and unknowingly.  For the ways I have hurt myself through action or inaction, out of fear, pain and confusion …

I forgive myself.

There are many ways that I have been harmed by others, abused or abandoned, knowingly or unknowingly, in thought, word or deed.

I forgive you.

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The Dalai Lama

May I be a guard for those
Who need protection
A guide for those on the path
A boat, a raft, a bridge for those
Who wish to cross the flood

May I be a lamp in the darkness
A resting place for the weary
A healing medicine for all who are sick
A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles

And for the boundless multitudes
Of living beings …

May I bring sustenance and awakening
Enduring like the earth and sky
Until all beings are freed from sorrow
And all are awakened