A New Beginning
How can we build better lives and a better world?
By John Dennison
Aug 27, 2007, 23:03

We can build a better world -- and better lives for ourselves while we do. Here's how:

• living true to ourselves in a way that reflects our highest values and attributes, and minimizes our lowest;


• going our own way while others go theirs, allowing all to be as it is created, and managing our points of interaction accordingly;


• accepting responsibility for our choices and perceptions that shape our lives;


• engaging and neutralizing those who want to assert their wills over others;


• shifting our perspectives to find the value in every person, situation, and experience;


• exploring who we are and what we're all about; and especially


• honoring self, honoring others, and honoring life itself.