Held when what you want has changed and your life hasn't caught up yet.
The marking · Six syllables in the petals of a lotus. The best known of the Tibetan mantras, chosen here for self-compassion as desire changes shape.
Carrying · Bedside, or the inside pocket of the bag that goes everywhere. Small enough to forget about until you want it.
Practice · Held while you say the thing out loud, then set down again.
Gifting · Given to people mid-change, when the old plan has stopped fitting.
Carved from a single piece of palo santo, aged more than twenty years. No living tree was cut for it.
