Have you lived?

'There is a practice which I follow every night before going to sleep. It is very simple, but it has helped me immensely, and it can help anyone who uses it. It involves only three questions:

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Have I lived? Have I loved? Have I laughed?

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Have I lived? Have I made the best use of the time provided me during that day to grow, to learn, to develop?

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Have I loved? Have I reached out to everyone I met and made them aware of the love in my heart and eased their burdens of self-mistrust and self-doubt?

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Have I laughed? Have I seen the humorous side of even the most painful incident?

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(from 'Aghora - At the left hand of God' by Robert E. Svoboda)