Speaker 1: Hussles to the us. Good morning, Welcome to this quiet
Speaker 1: moment to day. We turn toward something warm and real,
Speaker 1: something that has been with you since the very beginning.
Speaker 1: We turn toward the warmth of your own presence. Take
Speaker 1: a slow, deep breath, Let the air feel you completely,
Speaker 1: from the lowest point of your diaphragm to the highest
Speaker 1: reach of your lungs, and release it with a gentle sigh,
Speaker 1: the kind of axial that comes when you finally sit
Speaker 1: down after a long day, when you finally let go
Speaker 1: or whatever you have been holding. You are here. That
Speaker 1: may sound obvious, but let it land for a moment,
Speaker 1: Let it settle into your awareness the way sunlight settles
Speaker 1: into a room, slowly and completely. You are here, in
Speaker 1: this body, in this room, in this exact point in
Speaker 1: time and space. Out of all the billions of people
Speaker 1: on this planet, out of all the millions of passable mornings,
Speaker 1: this one has chosen you. This moment is yours, and
Speaker 1: it is asking nothing of you except that you be
Speaker 1: present for it. Place your hands over your heart now,
Speaker 1: one gently resting on top of the other. Fill the
Speaker 1: gentle rise and fall of your chest beneath your palms,
Speaker 1: Feel the steady beat of your heart, strong and faithful,
Speaker 1: a rhythm that has been playing since before you drew
Speaker 1: your first conscious breath. This heart has been beating for
Speaker 1: you since before you were born, without being asked, without
Speaker 1: needing recognition, without ever taking a single moment off. It
Speaker 1: has never stopped, not once. Through every emotion you have felt,
Speaker 1: every experience you have had, it has been there. There
Speaker 1: is a warmth that comes from presence, from allowing yourself
Speaker 1: to be fully in the moment, without reaching backward toward
Speaker 1: the past or leaning forward into the future. It is
Speaker 1: the warmth of a hand resting on your shoulder, except
Speaker 1: the hand is your own and the shoulder is your own,
Speaker 1: And the warmth comes from the simple act of paying
Speaker 1: attention to yourself, of noticing that you are here and
Speaker 1: that being here matters. Breathe into the warmth beneath your hands.
Speaker 1: Let each inhale bring a little more kindness toward yourself,
Speaker 1: the kind of kindness you would naturally offer to a
Speaker 1: friend in need. Let each exhale release a little more
Speaker 1: self criticism, a little more doubt about whether you deserve
Speaker 1: this moment of peace and stillness. You do deserve it,
Speaker 1: not because you have ended through productivity or achievement, but
Speaker 1: because you are a human being, and being human is
Speaker 1: reason enough for gentleness. Let your breathing soften, not shallow,
Speaker 1: but gentle, like the breathing of some one who is
Speaker 1: completely at ease in the world. There is nothing to
Speaker 1: fix right now, nothing to improve, nothing to figure out
Speaker 1: or solve or decide. Simply breathe and feel the warmth
Speaker 1: of your own hands and your chair, a tangible reminder
Speaker 1: that you are held, that you are present, that you
Speaker 1: are here. Imagine now that the warmth beneath your palms
Speaker 1: is spreading, like a small sun that lives inside your chest.
Speaker 1: With each breath it grows a little brighter, a little
Speaker 1: more generous, feeling not just you, but reaching outward to
Speaker 1: touch every one you will meet to day. They swarmth
Speaker 1: is not something you have to manufacture or perform. It
Speaker 1: is the natural radiance of a person who has remembered
Speaker 1: their own worth. It has always been there, steady and patient,
Speaker 1: waiting for you to notice it. And now that you
Speaker 1: have let it shine without reservation, let morning light reach
Speaker 1: through the window and touch your skin. Now, feel it
Speaker 1: warming the back of your hands, your closed eyelids, the
Speaker 1: tops of your fingers where they rest against your heart.
Speaker 1: This light has traveled ninety three million miles to find you,
Speaker 1: passing through the vast emptiness of space, to land gently
Speaker 1: on this very spot, and it asks for nothing. It
Speaker 1: simply offers its warmth, the way you are learning to
Speaker 1: offer your own warmth to yourself, without condition, without reservation,
Speaker 1: without expectation of return. Think of someone who has shown
Speaker 1: your warm presence in the past. A friend who simply
Speaker 1: sat with you when words were not enough, a loved
Speaker 1: one who held your hand without needing to fix anything.
Speaker 1: A stranger whose unexpected kindness changed the course of your
Speaker 1: entire day. That warmth lives in you now. It has
Speaker 1: taken root, and it grows every time you offer the
Speaker 1: same gentle presence to yourself or to another. You are
Speaker 1: both the giver and the receiver of this warmth, and
Speaker 1: there is no end to its supply. Feel the temperature
Speaker 1: of the air on your face, on your hands, on
Speaker 1: the back of your neck. Notice the quality of the
Speaker 1: silence around you. Perhaps it is not truly slan, Perhaps
Speaker 1: they are distant sounds filtering in from the world beyond
Speaker 1: this room. But there is a stillness within you that
Speaker 1: holds all sound, the way a vast ocean holds every wave,
Speaker 1: receiving everything and remaining fundamentally at peace. Let us take
Speaker 1: three more breadths, each one deepening the scents of warm,
Speaker 1: gentle presence. In with kindness, out with release. Feel the
Speaker 1: warmth in your palms, the beat beneath them, the simple
Speaker 1: miracle of a body that breathes. Keep your hands on
Speaker 1: your heart for a moment longer. Feel the warmth there.
Speaker 1: It has always been there, and it will always be
Speaker 1: there whenever you need to return to it. The world
Speaker 1: will ask much of you to day, but right now
Speaker 1: you are allowed to simply be thank you for being here.
Speaker 1: I will meet you in this quiet place again to
Speaker 1: morrow