your name here

so a friend of mine recently wrote me this fabulous letter. i have told him that i was going to print it out and carry it around in my pocket, to look at in times of need, in times of need of inspiration and self-confidence. i thought that perhaps you might like to fill in the blanks, print it out and write in your name in the ______ space. so put your name here: ______ and your dreams here as well: ________



THE LETTER/ start printing here:

______________ (ha! your name mis-typed!)

you are such a treasure of a woman (person). though we have known
each other so briefly, i count you among my closest and
dearest friends. (truly. it really is amazing to me.) and
you are destined for true super-nova-dom. i want you to
know that i FEEL it, and feeling it is better than knowing
it, b/c knowing involves the flawed instrumentation of the
ego. emotions are pure and always lucid predictors of
outcomes: like enlightened children who know what
butterflies are thinking. there is a radiance about you.
keep trusing in yourself, don't let negative thoughts
penetrate the loose and dynamic weave of your soul. go to
sleep every night wearing a bliss bent mouth, bathing in
your dream of ____________. never dream small, DREAM BIG and
picture youself happy and affluent and stimulated and
prolific and freakishly fecund. imagine orchids growing
out of every crevice. choreograph elaborate dances in your
head over morning coffee. find tapestries in the
oil-stained, milky-way-filled pavement of soho. (ever
notice how the streets of NY sparkle?)


i think you have.


tanned, tropicana wisemen are watching over you. swamis
with beards like lichen are chanting your name just above
your body. they are giddy at the thought of your talent
and can't wait rearrange the chess board just for you.


love, _______.