sal mubarak

it's a new year - an indian new year - which quite frankly has always seemed better, more auspicious, i suppose. given the past few weeks and in light of today's good luck, i've decided to share this year's personal list of instant karma. enjoy, and have a happy new year!

• practice being brave
• offer milk & graham crackers to someone feeling down
• be tender with the young
• listen before you act
• visit your neighbor
• give complementary nicknames
• know what to overlook
• accept your own limitations
• follow the yoga niyamas: be pure, be content, be disciplined, be studious, be devoted
• sleep avidly and dream vividly
• help a person die well
• acknowledge hardworking service people
• dance a little bit every day
• yield
• never stop wooing your beloved
• of two evils, choose neither
• start where you are