Rob Brezsny<\/a> <\/p>\nRight now: <\/p>\n
There
\nare Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly
\nreciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the
\nflourishing of your happiness. <\/p>\n
Someone you haven’t met yet is already dreaming of adoring you. <\/p>\n
Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that will change how you look at life.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Nuns in the Alps are in endless vigil, praying for the Holy Spirit to alight the hearts of all of God’s children. <\/p>\n
A farmer is looking at his organic crops and whispering, “nourish them.” <\/p>\n
Someone
\nwants to kiss you, to hold you, to make tea for you. Someone is willing
\nto lend you money, wants to know what your favourite food is, and treat
\nyou to a movie. Someone in your orbit has something immensely valuable
\nto give you — for free. <\/p>\n
Something is being invented this year that will change how your generation lives, communicates, heals and passes on. <\/p>\n
The next great song is being rehearsed. <\/p>\n
Thousands
\nof people are in yoga classes right now intentionally sending light out
\nfrom their heart chakras and wrapping it around the earth. <\/p>\n
Millions of children are assuming that everything is amazing and will always be that way. <\/p>\n
Someone
\nis in profound pain, and a few months from now, they’ll be thriving
\nlike never before. They just can’t see it from where they’re at. <\/p>\n
Someone
\nwho is craving to be partnered, to be acknowledged, to ARRIVE, will get
\nprecisely what they want — and even more. And because that gift will
\nbe so fantastical in it’s reach and sweetness, it will quite magically
\nalter their memory of angsty longing and render it all “So worth the
\nwait.” <\/p>\n
Someone
\nhas recently cracked open their joyous, genuine nature because they did
\nthe hard work of hauling years of oppression off of their psyche —
\nthis luminous juju is floating in the ether, and is accessible to you. <\/p>\n
Someone just this second wished for world peace, in earnest. <\/p>\n
Someone is fighting the fight so that you don’t have to. <\/p>\n
Some
\ncivil servant is making sure that you get your mail, and your garbage
\nis picked up, that the trains are running on time, and that you are
\ngenerally safe. Someone is dedicating their days to protecting your
\ncivil liberties and clean drinking water. <\/p>\n
Someone
\nis regaining their sanity. Someone is coming back from the dead.
\nSomeone is genuinely forgiving the seemingly unforgivable. Someone is
\ncuring the incurable. <\/p>\n
You. Me. Some. One. Now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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