Dear Friends,
However you felt about 2018, today we greet a New Year. At Tanenbaum, we welcome 2019 by pausing to reflect on our New Year’s Resolutions, which draw from many religious and faith traditions. They inspire us.
And so we share them with you—in the hope that they move you as well,
Joyce Dubensky,
CEO, Tanenbaum
SHARED VISIONS (Click to download PDF)
FOR 2019, TANENBAUM RESOLVES…
To Be Open Minded and Kind
Baha’i
Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship.
Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, Bishárát
To Express Love
Buddhism
Radiate boundless love towards the entire world. Buddha
To Embrace Trust by Rejecting Fear
Christianity
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. Isaiah 12:2
To Speak Truth
Hinduism
Truth cannot be suppressed and always is the ultimate victor. Yajur Veda
To Practice the Best within Our Traditions
Islam
A man once asked the Prophet what was the best thing in Islam, and the latter replied, “It is to feed the hungry and to give the greeting of peace both to those one knows and to those one does not know.” Hadith of Bukhari
To Manifest Nonviolence
Jainism
Subvert anger by forgiveness. Samanasuttan 136
To Educate Ourselves and Others by Confronting Fake News Head-On
Judaism
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out. Proverbs 18:15
To Honor Earth
Native American Wisdom:
When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard. Lakota Proverb
To Create Community
Shinto
Regard heaven as your father, earth as your mother, and all things as your brothers and sisters. Oracle of the Kami of Atsuta
To Listen Deeply and Understand Others
Sikhism
To act without understanding is to lose the treasure of this human life. Sri Guru Granth Sahib
To Be Grateful- Always!
Taoism
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Lao Tzu