Common Phrases Used in Brahmavihara Practice

May I  (you, he, she, they, all beings, etc.) be:

Use one or more:
Kindness
happy
healthy
well
at ease
safe
peaceful
free
[Thich Nhat Hanh teaches: "...peaceful, happy and light in body and spirit"]  

Compassion
free from suffering
free from suffering and roots of suffering
free from enmity
free from fear
free from anxiety
free from afflictions

[Thich Nhat Hanh:  "...able to look at myself (yourself, he/her/themselves, etc.), with the eyes of understanding and love]

Joy and Sympathetic Joy

able to know joy and fulfillment
know joy and the roots of joy

[Thich Nhat Hanh:  "able to recognize and touch the seeds of joy and happiness in myself (yourself, he/her/themselves, etc.),  and "know how to nourish the seeds of joy in myself (yourself, he/her/themselves, etc.) and others every day.]

Equanimity

fair and even-tempered
balanced and evenhanded
calm and clear
[Thich Nhat Hanh  "...see the sources of anger, craving, and delusion in myself, (yourself, he/her/themselves, etc.) and "be free from attachment and aversion, but not be indifferent]