This week's Awakin reading is by Brother David Steindl-Rast titled 'A Pledge For Grateful Living': In thanksgiving for life, I pledge to overcome the illusion of ENTITLEMENT by reminding myself that everything is gift and, thus, to live GRATEFULLY. In thanksgiving for life, I pledge to overcome my GREED,  that confuses wants with needs, by trusting that enough for all our needs is given to us and to share GENEROUSLY  what i so generously receive. In thanksgiving for life, I pledge to overcome APATHY by waking up to the opportunities  that a given moment offers me and so to respond CREATIVELY to every situation. In thanksgiving for life, I pledge to overcome VIOLENCE by observing that fighting violence by violence  leads to more violence and death and, thus, to foster life by acting NON-VIOLENTLY. In thanksgiving to life, i pledge to overcome FEAR which is the root of all violence by looking at whatever i fear as an opportunity and, thus, COURAGEOUSLY to lay the foundation  for a peaceful future. ... [Read more]