A Start
Each day, I promise myself not to try to
solve all my life problems at once-nor
shall I expect you to do so;
Starting each day, I shall try to learn
something new about me and
about you and about the world I live in, so that I may
continue to experience all things as if they
had been newly born;
Starting each day I shall remember to
communicate my joy as well as my despair,
so that we can know each other better;
Starting each day, I shall remind myself to
really listen to you and to try to hear your
point of view and to discover the least-
threatening way of giving you mine,
remembering that we are both growing and
changing in a hundred different ways;
Starting each day, I shall remind myself that I
am a human being and not demand
perfection of you until I am prefect,
so you're safe;
Starting each day, I shall try to be more
aware of the beautiful things in our world-
I'll look at the flowers, I'll look at the birds,
I'll look at the children, I'll feel the cool
breezes, I'll eat good food-and I'll share
these things with you;
Starting each day, I shall remind myself to
reach out and touch you, gently, with my
words, my eyes and with my fingers, because
I don't want to miss feeling you;
Starting each day, I shall dedicate myself
again to the process of being a lover-and then
see what happens;
You know, I'm really convinced that if you
were to define love, the only word big
enough to engulf it all would be "life"-
LOVE IS LIFE-in all its aspects....And if
you miss love, you miss life!
Please don't
-Leo Buscaglia