"When times are rough, envision, tomorrow, when all your efforts have paid off.
When times are good, pray for your livelihood at every moment, as a beggar prays for his daily bread.
For everything is in His hands." [Chabad.org]
Opening The Psalms randomly looking for a verse that says what you are looking for without having to look, verses phrases sentences chapters an open book to soothe, to massage, to relax, to protect, to carry always in one's pocket like a wallet that has everything in it that you need. Words of holiness, words of promise, words that tell you that G-d is looking after you, that all you need to do is let go let G-d, all of your wishes and desires will come true.
Praying for healing praying for a livelihood, angels tossing foods out of the clouds, always well fed, always with a place to rest, a song that you sing that always quickens your steps, searching for awesomeness finding it everywhere, clouds disappearing to reveal things you never knew before, all making sense, all the issues crystal clear, having both tallit and tefillin, having the Chumash 5 Books of Moses, the Prophets, and The Writings, not needing a rebellion to find a change, to ask for more or to ask for less, happy with your lot, purity, continuous free thought, a musical note for every word, tropes that sing you to sleep when you are sleepy, tropes that wake you up for breakfast, tropes that give you a feeling of comfort no matter where you are, sounds that are pleasing to the ears, not gossip, not slander, no judgments, no one breaking your fences, no one opening your doors uninvited.
Pleasing-ness and honey dripping as sounds that you hear and imagine, knowing the words of a language of loving-kindness, having a language you can speak to yourself, listening to yourself, not arguing with yourself. Having all the time in the world to enjoy each word as it comes and goes, not to hear sounds that you do not want to hear. Waters flowing and the sweet sounds of waterfalls trickling as birds sing, as children play on playground equipment, clapping or not as you wish, not having your ears bent, catching breezes that pass through the leaves of trees but catching them indoors on a freezing day, warmth inside, warm coffee to soothe the throat, hot chocolate after tobogganing, sledding up Mount Zion the holy hill with jingle bells on the hem of your skirt, reaching the top in defiance of gravity, walking on the moon with no resistance, walking on water and floating.
Everyday there is a miracle, everyday is a new miracle and after everyday will follow an even more miraculous night.
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