• 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, all of which is rooted in fear,
  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
  by seeing in what I might otherwise fear,
  the opportunity to cultivate courageous TRUST IN LIFE
  and so to lay the foundation for a peaceful future.

Br. David offered this pledge at Thanksgiving Square, July 2008 and updated it in 2017, changing only a few words in the last 2 stanzas to clarify his points. 

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