A precious human life

Every day, think as you wake up

Today I am fortunate

To have woken up

I am alive,

I have a precious human life.

I am not going to waste it,

I am going to use

All my energies to develop myself,

To expend my heart out to others,

To achieve enlightment for

The benefit of all beings.

I am going to have

Kind thoughts toward others.

I am not going to get angry

Or think badly about others.

I am going to benefit others

As much as I can.

His Holiness the XIV th Dalai Lama