From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines,
- Going where I list, my own master total and absolute,
- Listening to others, considering well what they say,
- Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating,
- Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me.
I inhale great draughts of space,
- The east and the west are mine,
- and the north and the south are mine.
I am larger, better than I thought, I did not know I held so much goodness.
All seems beautiful to me, I can repeat over to men and women You have done such good to me I would do the same to you, I will recruit for myself and you as I go, I will scatter myself among men and women as I go, I will toss a new gladness and roughness among them, Whoever denies me it shall not trouble me, Whoever accepts me he or she shall be blessed and shall bless me.