By Sunny Smith 889 Teacher
At the beginning of the year I was gung-ho to set my intentions, dreams, wishes, shaping the upcoming months. Magically, the tool I needed was provided to me in the form of a gratuity letter from my new friend Vanya. Vanya, a Thai therapist and beautiful person inside and out thanked all the people in her life in 2011 that had touched and inspired her. Attached to this email was a reflection and aspiration manifesto for 2012. When I received this manifesto I started handing it out immediately. I was so excited to share it with all my students, friend, family, and even my concierge. With all this excitement I realized that I had failed to complete mine.
Until, this weekend. I got ready with my homemade super food cocoa almond butter cups (my creative, thought provoking food) and a pen and spent the next three hours creating my manifesto. Along with a vision board and a vision wall that says “make every day your masterpiece” Now, I know we are four months into the year but it’s not too late to make this your best year yet! Put it on paper, hang in on your wall or carry it in your wallet. Make it official.
I have already had two things manifest for me. I’ve changed some of the questions so they apply to the upcoming spring and summer months. Danielle Laporte (white hot truth), a brilliant writer who injects my soul with inspiration daily has written the manifesto of encouragement which I believe will help you on your way.
The manifesto of encouragement.
There are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness. Someone you haven’t met yet is already dreaming of adoring you. Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that will change how you look at life. Nuns in the Alps are in endless vigil, praying for the Holy Spirit to alight the hearts of all of God’s children. A farmer is looking at his organic crops and whispering, “Nourish them.” Someone wants to kiss you, to hold you, to make tea for you. Someone is willing to lend you money, wants to know what your favourite food is, and treat you to a movie. Someone in your orbit has something immensely valuable to give you — for free. Something is being invented this year that will change how your generation lives, communicates, heals and passes on. The next great song is being rehearsed. Thousands of people are in yoga classes right now intentionally sending light out from their heart chakras and wrapping it around the earth. Millions of children are assuming that everything is amazing and will always be that way. Someone is in profound pain, and a few months from now, they’ll be thriving like never before. They just can’t see it from where they’re at. Someone who is craving to be partnered, to be acknowledged, to ARRIVE, will get precisely what they want — and even more. And because that gift will be so fantastical in its reach and sweetness, it will quite magically alter their memory of angst longing and render it all “So worth the wait.“ Someone has recently cracked open their joyous, genuine nature because they did the hard work of hauling years of oppression off of their psyche — this luminous juju is floating in the ether, and is accessible to you. Someone just this second wished for world peace, in earnest. Someone is fighting the fight so that you don’t have to. Some civil servant is making sure that you get your mail, and your garbage is picked up, that the trains are running on time, and that you are generally safe. Someone is dedicating their days to protecting your civil liberties and clean drinking water. Someone is regaining their sanity. Someone is coming back from the dead. Someone is genuinely forgiving the seemingly unforgivable. Someone is curing the incurable.
Peace and Love, Enjoy!
Sunny Smith
PS: The questionaire for creating your own manifesto will be uploaded on the next blog post!
