Seek joy first and foremost. Seek reasons to laugh. Seek reasons to offer words of praise to self and others. Seek beauty in nature, beasts and other humans. Seek reasons to love in every segment of every day. Look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of love. Seek that which uplifts you. Seek opportunity to offer that which uplifts another. Seek a feeling of well-being. Know that your value can only be measured in terms of joy. Acknowledge your absolute freedom to do any of these things or not do any of these things, for it is without exception your choice in every moment of every day.
Asheville, NC 5/5/07 (This is an earlier quote, read by a guest at the Asheville workshop.)