Know who you can be now
Be clear about what is truly essential
Practice a little faithfulness
Don't let go
choose!
Appreciate more fully everything and everyone in your life now
Know what a renewing community really is
Beware the tyranny of hope
Don't be fooled by the winters of your life
lean back
When in trouble, first get the details
Stop thinking you are grateful
then see what you inherit!
Recognize that a little silence and solitude is no small thing
Mind your own negative predictions and evaluations
Mine the criticisms you receive from others, but don't get carried away!
Make new friends with failure
Appreciate the real meaning and power of your own "self- whispers".
Streams of contentment : lessons I learned on my uncle's farm by Robert J. Wicks. ISBN 9781933495279. Published by Sorin Books in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.