Beloved Junior Apprentice,

It is the dawning of a new day, a new year, and a new moment in the history of creation when the Master faithfully persists in his crafting of your story and mine. What do you think is in store for you in the year ahead? Exciting and adrenalin-pumping moments of inexhaustible adventure? Or heart-wrenching and trying times?

Whatever your expectations are of the year ahead, I ask that you be prepared to face situations of all kinds. In both joy and in pain, in comfort and in hardship, you must find a steadfast place within yourself that empowers you to be at peace in all circumstances of your life journey. This is possible only when the secret place within you is at peace with the will and purpose of the Master for your life, my dear friend. The moment at which you begin doubting the credibility of the Master's intentions and questioning the integrity of his capabilities, you lose the power is to be found therefrom. Be cautious, therefore, with the thoughts that the feeble human mind is inclined to entertain.

I ask also that you persist in developing a keen sense of self-awareness. Self-awareness speaks of the power of one's observation of his own inclinations towards certain thought and behaviour patterns, and the ability to comprehend the possible effects of these thought and behaviour patterns upon one's self and others.

You see, whilst some people (like yourself) have the ability to optimise the potential of your existence, the rest of the world simply exists. To settle for a state of mere existence is undesirable, for the Master desires that you should so comprehend the depth with which he has designed you and the ability with which he has endowed you to be a source of inspiration to your fellow humankind. Cultivate deeper self-awareness, for the measure to which you are able to inspire the world to share with you in our Master's dreams is also commensurate with your measure self-awareness. Know not just why you exist, but also how to exist.

Our Master loves new beginnings, my young apprentice. And if you would look to him, he keeps no records of your imperfections from the past. This year marks a new chapter of the journey, and hence a new beginning. And yet, the paradoxical beauty of it lies in the reality that the new chapter your journey is in fact a continuation of an ancient legacy that has been passed down to us by our Fathers. What a beautiful story. Come, run the race... tirelessly.

Yours most affectionately,
Senior Apprentice