Somewhere, right now,

there is a future student of yours

traveling their own path.

They will arrive at the place you are now

at the same time you arrive ready to guide them.

ready to teach them.

How do you need to live

so as to be of service

to them

when they arrive?

What will you tell them

when they get here?

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