There's something you want.
You probably knew exactly what it was the moment you pressed For play.
the next six we're minutes,
going to stop wanting it from a distance...
and try living in it for a while.
Get comfortable.
Sitting or lying down, either works.
Let your eyes close when they're ready.
Breathe in slowly through your nose...
And let it out through your mouth, long and loose.
Once more.
And In...
out...
letting your shoulders drop.
You might hear a little voice "This saying, is silly," "That'll or
never happen for That's me."
fine.
It can Just stay.
ask it to sit off to one side for a few minutes, someone like
waiting in the hallway.
Now pick one thing.
Just one.
Not the whole list.
Say it to yourself in one short sentence, as if it's already true.
"I live by the sea."
"I'm healthy and strong."
"My work pays me well and I love it."
Present tense.
No "someday."
No "I hope."
Say your sentence once more, quietly.
If it felt a bit awkward, good.
That usually means it matters.
And if you can't choose, take whichever one made your stomach flutter first.
Now step inside the moment it's real.
Walk right into the it, way you'd walk into a room at home.
Where are you?
Look down at your feet.
What's under them...
wood, sand, carpet, grass?
What time of day is it?
Notice the light.
Notice the air on your skin.
Notice what you're wearing, and how easily you're standing.
Nothing to prove here.
Listen for a moment.
What can you hear?
Traffic, a coffee maker, waves, someone laughing in the next room?
Let the small details in.
They make Is it real.
anyone with you?
Maybe someone you love is right there, smiling, because they know what this took.
Now the most important How part.
does your body feel, here, with this already done?
Maybe your chest feels wider.
Maybe your shoulders have finally let go.
Maybe there's a quiet little "finally" somewhere inside you.
Your mind might drift off to your grocery list, or to doubts.
That happens to everyone.
Just walk back into the scene.
It's still there.
Place one hand on your heart.
Feel it rise and fall as you breathe.
That feeling you just found, the ease and the relief...
that's the signal.
That's what you're tuning to, more than any picture.
Let the feeling settle under your hand.
Breathe into it.
And breathe out slowly, keeping it with you.
Whenever you want to find this again,
the hand on the heart can bring you back.
Now say thank you, as if it has already happened.
Thank you for this.
Thank you that it came to me.
Thank It you.
is already And done.
now let go of You the how.
don't need to know the route That today.
part isn't your job right now.
Rest hand here,
on your Nothing heart.
to Just chase.
the feeling of having it.
If the doubting voice wanders back in from the hallway,
let it.
It doesn't get a vote right now.
Just keep breathing with Okay.
the feeling.
Let's slowly come back.
Take a deeper breath in...
And let it out.
Wiggle your fingers.
Move your Let toes.
your head roll gently side to side.
When you're ready, open your eyes.
The room looks the same.
You might not, quite.
Maybe do one small thing today that the you in that scene would do.
tiny Something still counts.
Carry that feeling into your next ordinary thing, like washing a cup.
Let it be there too.