Tell the Universe What You Want

Day 2: One Month of Magic Writing Challenge

You’ve invited magic in; now it’s time to tell the universe what you want. It’s time to ask loudly, to want audaciously. The first step in showing up for your dreams is believing you deserve them. Then, you must move wildly, boldly, precisely in that direction—energy and effort in concert. Commit every cell in your body to believing in your own magic. Knowing you will receive what it is you undeniably crave. 

Today, we will write down what we want—to announce what you have been turning over in your minds for years, maybe decades. It’s time—as Mary Oliver says—“to partner with the Universe.” 

But first, we will read “I Want” by poet Jordan Jace  

I want

Jordan Jace

I want to write poems for construction workers and dreamers
For revolutionaries
For deadbeats and those on the low
I never want to ask please fix us all
I want for us to want
to patch every heart
and pave every road
and destroy every system
that has ever left us
broken. I want to sing
like frank ocean, like wonder
like sonder, like mereba…