Best in the real world
Away from technology, fully present. Print it and leave it where you begin your day — your bedside table, the kitchen, the back of a door. Somewhere that isn't a screen.
Print the one-page PDF. There is also a plain text version, or a Word document, for making it completely your own.
If you want help getting started
If a prompt would help, you can use the free iPhone app. Set the notification to be the first one you see in the morning. Say the words with me, have me read them for you, or read them yourself. Make your own.
Or just mark that you did it, and know that other thoughtful people are beginning their day this way too. No account, no streaks. It is built to be learned and put down.
On a computer? Point your iPhone's camera here.
Make it yours
The words are what we use in my family, but they are also yours to change. Edit the Word version like any other document; or fork the repository on GitHub, where the text lives in plain Markdown under a CC BY 4.0 licence; or paste your own straight into the app, which keeps a library of your own recitations, privately, on your phone.
If starting from a blank page is easier than starting from mine, the template has the shape and none of the words. Write the one that is true for you, and say that instead.
The licence
The words are CC BY 4.0: share them, print them, adapt them, use them however — just say where they came from ( or attribution).
The recordings, the app, its icon, and the name remain © 2026 Carlile LLC.
If you need help
Write to me at friendlyperson@maketimeflow.com with any questions or problems with the app or the recorded recitation. There is no account to recover and nothing to cancel.
What you write in the app stays on your phone and is never shared; deleting the app deletes it. The privacy notice covers both the app and this site.