The So, Good morning.

to you.

to you.

Happy now, here to you. If you're going to depend on something this year, let it be God.

While in Italy I read a gorgeous story that illustrates that if the divine is in your favor,

then the whole world will be too.

And so that quote in the story is from Ohm Swami's book, The Power of the Gaya Tremantra.

To the met a man whose radiance was extraordinary, he had such a beautiful effulgent face. He could look at him all day

and still feel as if you were receiving the love, warmth, divinity, and grace that flowed

from him. His dedication was phenomenal. He had been chanting

the Gaya Three Mantra, 16 rounds every day. Every single day for 40 years, he never missed his chanting routine.

I'll take a moment to tell you a little incident from his life.

The factory where he used to work got a big order once.

So they asked everybody to put in half a shift more each day.

That way, two people could do 12 hours work each day in different shifts.

So the factory could have 24 hours of production.

This was back in the early 90s.

He said to his boss, look, I'm sorry, I can't stay back because at 3 p.m. I have to leave. I have to do my own thing then. It's my personal time.

You've been with this company for 20 years, his boss said. you know how big this order is for us, and it's not as if we're not paying you.

We'll pay you double the usual amount for the overtime.

All we're asking is that you extend your work day for four hours

and only for eight or nine weeks.

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