I believe

I believe in my family, and for giving them the chance to succeed that my father gave me, and his father gave him.  I believe in people being better off for having known me and in not doing to others what I would not have them do to me.  I believe in telling the truth and in saying what I’ll do and doing what I say.  I believe in living in the moment.  I believe in simplicity and that sometimes attachment is suffering.  I believe in doing the right thing when nobody is looking.  I believe in living my dreams and in hope, charity and the goodness of others.  I believe in the achievement of excellence in what I do.  I believe that what I think is who I am.  I believe in love and forgiveness.  I believe that the future will be better than the past.  I believe in myself and in laughing and trying to be the human being that my dog thinks I am.