Attitudes to embrace and improve mental health

-From here – wherever I am – I shall reach my world with love, joy, acceptance, not with judgment, disdain or rejection. 

-I will look beyond the horizons others will set for me and aim high, not for fame or wealth, but to make a meaningful contribution to those around me. 

-I will define myself because, if I do not, others certainly will and it’s unlikely I will enjoy their designs for me. 

-I understand that no one is all-good, no one is all-bad – including, of course, me. I will be truthful with praise and light on condemnations.

-I will exercise all my very limited powers to empower others – even if it means they will get ahead of me.

-I know that love and control cannot co-exist in any relationship and so I will relinquish all attempts to control all other adults.  

-I will stay out of control and keep the rules – I will neither be intimidating nor will I attempt to intimidate others. 

-I will respect and honor invisible loyalties and pre-existing relationships because I know people are deeply connected in ways that do not meet the eye.  

-I know that all behavior has meaning but only some of the meaning is of any significance – I will not over-read everything I see. 

-I will be a peacemaker, not peacekeeper – necessary conflict is an asset and not to be avoided.