[1] This prayer is meant to wish happiness, health, and well-being for all, with no grief. [2] Some object to prayers, seeing them as weakness, but they can be a way to remove "blocks" like ego and gain strength from cosmic powers that we are extensions of. [3] Prayers and chanting can effectively remove these blocks by connecting us to the source of empowerment and the universe, just as reconnecting leaves to the roots of a tree makes them stronger.