WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:07.040 Good morning, my dear. I bless you with softness before 2 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:11.480 the world asks anything of you. I bless your mind 3 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.679 with a little more quiet, your body with a little 4 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.920 more ease, and your heart with the reminder that you 5 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:22.399 do not have to fix your whole life before breakfast. 6 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:26.879 If you are feeling afraid this morning, please do not 7 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:31.280 rush to solve everything. Do not hurry to become cheerful. 8 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:36.159 Do not force yourself into some bright, shiny version of 9 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:41.920 peace that your nervous system cannot yet hold. First, just 10 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:46.719 come back to yourself first, Let the body know that 11 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:50.759 it is no longer alone. Fear is not proof that 12 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:54.280 you are broken. Fear is often just a signal that 13 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:58.719 the system is overwhelmed and asking to be held more tenderly. 14 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.759 So before you repair the outer life, soothe the inner one. 15 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:10.200 Before you plan, prove, answer or worry, place one gentle 16 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:14.920 hand over your heart and breathe out like someone setting 17 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:19.000 down a heavy bag. You do not need to become 18 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:24.159 positive in one heroic leap. You only need to move 19 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:29.519 from alarm to safety, from bracing to breathing, from being 20 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:34.359 hunted by fear to being accompanied by love. And I 21 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:38.840 want to ask you something very quietly, this morning, not 22 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.560 so you can analyze it, but so you can become 23 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:47.560 more honest with yourself. What are you afraid of right 24 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:51.760 now that you have not yet stopped to hold with compassion? 25 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:56.319 What fear has been speaking inside you while you kept 26 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.319 acting as though you had no time to listen? My dear, 27 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:06.239 today is not asking you to conquer that fear. Today 28 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.439 is only asking you to stop abandoning yourself in the 29 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:15.919 presence of it. I am safe now, all is well. 30 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:21.319 I choose peace. Let those words become the tone of 31 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:26.360 this morning. Not because everything is perfect, but because you 32 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:31.800 are here and that matters. There is a tender, little 33 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.080 window when you first wake up, and I want you 34 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:39.759 to treat it like something holy. In those first few minutes, 35 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:45.479 before the phone, before the messages, before the noise of 36 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:50.800 the world starts recruiting your attention, the mind is still softer, 37 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:55.960 more open, less defended. It is as though the door 38 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:00.960 between the conscious and the deeper mind is still gently open, 39 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:05.800 and what enters there settles more deeply. That is why 40 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.240 the morning matters so much, my dear, Not because you 41 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:13.879 must do everything perfectly the second you open your eyes, 42 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:19.759 but because what you place into yourself then becomes emotional 43 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:23.360 weather for the rest of the day. If the first 44 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:29.360 thing you feed your mind is urgency, comparison, bad news, 45 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:35.919 unfinished tasks, or other people's demands, then the nervous system 46 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:39.400 wakes up and begins running before it has even stood 47 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:42.400 on its own feet. But if the first thing you 48 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:47.759 feed your mind is safety, breath, peace, kindness, and a 49 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:53.240 slower truth, then something else begins to grow. The whole 50 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:59.680 body says Ah. Perhaps today is not an emergency after all. 51 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:04.479 So if you can, before you even touch the phone, 52 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:10.280 give yourself three or five minutes, that is all. Lie 53 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:15.919 there or sit up gently, breathe, listen, Let the words 54 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.920 enter you before the world does. Let peace be the 55 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:24.720 first voice you hear, not panic. Let safety be the 56 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:30.879 first command your nervous system receives, not urgency. My dear, 57 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:35.759 those few minutes are not small. They are like setting 58 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:40.079 the table for your whole day. They are like choosing 59 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:44.319 the first color on the canvas. They are like telling 60 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:48.839 the inner child before any one else gets you, I 61 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:53.560 am here. And once that happens, the mind is less 62 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:58.160 likely to run so far into fear. It has already 63 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:02.480 been met, it has all already been softened. It has 64 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:07.439 already been reminded. I am safe now, all is well. 65 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:11.800 I choose peace, And one of the deepest ways to 66 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:17.279 create that safety inside yourself is through forgiveness. Because so 67 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:21.759 much fear is simply old pain that never found a 68 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:26.480 gentle place to leave. It keeps the nervous system looking 69 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:31.000 backward while the body is trying to live forward. And 70 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:36.639 my dear, forgiveness is not saying what happened was acceptable. 71 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:41.560 It is not pretending your hurt was not real. It 72 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:47.040 is not making yourself spiritually agreeable while something inside you 73 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:53.560 is still bleeding. Forgiveness is freedom. Forgiveness is cutting the 74 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:59.439 cord between your present peace and your old pain. It 75 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:03.120 is saying I do not want to keep paying for 76 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:07.240 this with my life force. That is why I want 77 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:11.319 you to begin building what I call a little safety 78 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:15.360 island inside your mind, a place in you where you 79 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:20.879 can return when the past rises, when fear rises, when 80 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:27.000 memory rises, when your body suddenly becomes small again. Imagine 81 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:31.600 a place that belongs only to your healing. Maybe it 82 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:36.680 is full of soft light or quiet water, or warm sand, 83 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:40.879 or a simple chair by a window. Maybe it is 84 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:46.879 only a feeling, but it is protected nothing harmful. Enters there. 85 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:51.839 Nothing from the past gets to rule there. It is 86 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:55.240 the place where the wiser part of you meets the 87 00:06:55.240 --> 00:07:00.240 frightened part and says you are safe now. Then place 88 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:04.160 your hand on your heart and whisper, I release the 89 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:10.000 past with love. I am safe now again, slower like 90 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:14.879 someone untying an old knot, I release the past with love. 91 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:19.959 I am safe now, my dear, Let that become your 92 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:25.680 bridge out of old fear. Let your safety island become 93 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:29.680 the place you return to instead of letting the old 94 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:34.759 pain run through the whole house. And because the body 95 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:39.560 loves specifics, I want to bring this feeling of safety 96 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:46.120 into the ordinary places where fear so often hides. Safety 97 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:50.639 is not only something you feel in meditation. It must 98 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:55.519 be invited into your actual life. So let us begin 99 00:07:55.759 --> 00:08:00.560 at home. So many people walk through their own homes 100 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:06.120 carrying tension, as though every room is watching them. But 101 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:11.879 your home, even if imperfect, can become a sanctuary when 102 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:17.040 you speak to it differently, say softly, my home is 103 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:21.079 a safe place. Let the walls hear it, let the 104 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:25.319 bed hear it, Let the morning light hear it. Then 105 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:30.040 bring that same safety into work, because so many people 106 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.519 leave their peace at the door the moment they begin 107 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:39.600 performing whisper I am safe to be seen and supported, 108 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:45.080 my dear. That is such a healing sentence for the 109 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:50.879 one who has spent years trying to earn belonging through overwork. 110 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:55.919 Then bring safety into relationships, not by trying to make 111 00:08:56.039 --> 00:09:01.399 everyone good, but by choosing a different standard. I choose 112 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:07.279 relationships that honor me. Read that and feel your spine lift. 113 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.200 A little love is not meant to cost you your dignity. 114 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:16.320 Safety must travel with you there too. Then bring it 115 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:21.840 into travel, movement, and all the spaces where uncertainty usually 116 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:27.480 speaks loudly. I am protected wherever I go. Let the 117 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:31.879 car hear it, Let the road hear it. Let the airport, 118 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:36.840 the sidewalk, the unfamiliar place hear it. And finally, bring 119 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:41.240 it even into sleep, because the body heals most deeply 120 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:46.279 when it is not fighting invisible danger all night. Say 121 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:52.519 I sleep in peace. My body restores, my dear. These 122 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:56.960 are not just comforting words. They are instructions to the 123 00:09:57.039 --> 00:10:01.519 nervous system. They are little permission for the body to 124 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:05.519 stop living as though everything is threat And when the 125 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:10.039 brain feels safer, life really does begin to have room 126 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:15.279 to improve. You think more clearly, you choose more wisely, 127 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:21.240 you react less wildly, you receive more easily. So let 128 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:26.799 safety become practical. Let it enter the rooms, the relationships, 129 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:31.799 the tasks, the roads, and even the night. So this morning, 130 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:35.159 my dear, I do not want you to ask for 131 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:39.960 a perfect life before you allow peace. I want you 132 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:47.080 to build peace first, softly, steadily, like someone lighting a candle, 133 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:53.120 before the day begins, before the phone, before the headlines, 134 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:58.799 before the old stories, before the fear can gather speed. 135 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:04.080 Sit with yourself for a few sacred minutes, and say 136 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:08.879 what your body most needs to hear. Say it slowly 137 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:12.480 enough that the deeper part of you can trust it. 138 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:17.559 I am safe now. All is well. I choose peace. 139 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:21.480 If the past pulls at you, come back to the 140 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:26.840 island and whisper. I release the past with love. I 141 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:30.720 am safe now. If the mind runs into the day 142 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:35.799 too quickly, stop it gently and return to the consciousness 143 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:40.320 window before the world claims it. If fear begins naming 144 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:45.039 all the places it could hide, answer it place by place. 145 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:50.759 My home is a safe place. I am safe to 146 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:55.879 be seen and supported. I choose relationships that honor me. 147 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:01.639 I am protected wherever I go, I sleep in peace. 148 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:08.960 My body restores, my darling. This is how mornings become medicine, 149 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:16.759 not through pressure, not through performance, through repetition, tenderness and safety, 150 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:20.600 spoken with love. And as you go into the rest 151 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:25.519 of this day, let these truths stay near you like 152 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:29.759 a warm hand between your shoulders. You do not need 153 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:35.200 to force positivity. You only need to keep returning to safety. 154 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:39.039 You do not need to solve life before you soften. 155 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.279 You only need to let the nervous system know it 156 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.720 may come down from alarm. And you do not need 157 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.919 to wait for everything outside to change before you begin 158 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:56.440 living differently inside. I am safe now, all is well. 159 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:08.159 I choose peace. Let that be your mourning home. Say 160 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:11.919 these things to yourself, my dear, and do not rush 161 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:16.279 past them. Let them land, let them move through the 162 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:21.120 body before you ask the mind to fully agree. So 163 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:25.879 often when fear rises, people try to fix the whole 164 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:30.480 future at once. They try to solve every problem, answer 165 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:35.639 every question, control every possibility, and then they wonder why 166 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.080 the nervous system feels exhausted before the day has even 167 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:42.320 really begun. But you do not have to do that 168 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:45.720 any more. You do not have to begin the day 169 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:49.559 by wrestling life to the ground. You do not have 170 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:53.600 to become positive by force. You do not have to 171 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:59.919 smile while the body is still trembling. First we soften. First, 172 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:04.720 We breathe. First, we let the body know that it 173 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:09.279 is no longer alone with its alarm. So before you 174 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:15.240 say any affirmation, breathe out long, Let the jaw unclench, 175 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.879 let the shoulders come down, let the belly stop gripping 176 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:26.240 for just one moment. And then, from that softer place, 177 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:31.480 begin speaking to yourself as though you are someone worth calming, 178 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:38.639 worth comforting, worth guiding, worth loving. Because you are, my darling. 179 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:43.279 You are not here to bully yourself into peace. You 180 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:47.159 are here to love yourself back into it. And that 181 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:51.480 is why these words matter so much, not because they 182 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:57.519 are magic sounds, because they become new instructions. They tell 183 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:01.120 your mind where to turn, They tell your body what 184 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:04.960 is safe. They tell your heart that it no longer 185 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:10.000 has to live in constant anticipation of what might go wrong. 186 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:14.639 So let us begin there with the first group of truths, 187 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:18.399 the ones that help the body cool down and the 188 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:23.000 nervous system. Remember that fear is not the ruler of 189 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:28.440 this day. Breathe out slowly and say, I am willing 190 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:34.120 to release worries about things that have not happened. Again, 191 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:40.120 more gently, I am willing to release worries about things 192 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:44.639 that have not happened. And once more, like you are 193 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:49.559 loosening your grip on an old habit, I am willing 194 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:55.159 to release worries about things that have not happened, my dear. 195 00:15:55.919 --> 00:16:00.440 That sentence is so healing, because most fear is not 196 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:06.000 about this breath. It is about imagined breaths in a future. 197 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:10.440 Your body is already trying to survive. So you tell 198 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:15.000 the body the truth, not now, not all of that now. 199 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:21.519 Then continue, I am safe in this moment, and everything 200 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:27.039 is unfolding in its proper order. Let that be slow, 201 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:31.639 Let that be medicine. I am safe in this moment, 202 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:37.039 and everything is unfolding in its proper order. Again, I 203 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:40.919 am safe in this moment, and everything is unfolding in 204 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:47.000 its proper order. And then this next truth, so beautiful 205 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:51.679 and so freeing. Fear is only a feeling. It is 206 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:56.519 not the truth about my ability. Read that slowly, too. 207 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.000 Fear is only a feeling, It is not the truth 208 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:05.240 about my ability. And again, fear is only a feeling. 209 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:10.079 It is not the truth about my ability, my darling, 210 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:15.799 That one changes so much because fear often pretends to 211 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:21.359 be prophecy. It says, because I feel afraid, I must 212 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:26.640 be incapable. Because I feel uncertain, I must be unsafe. 213 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:31.920 Because I feel weak, I must truly be weak. But know, 214 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:38.240 feelings are weather, they move, they pass, They are not 215 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:43.160 final identity. And if any of these sentences still feel 216 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:47.319 too far away to day add, I am willing to 217 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:51.279 believe I am safe. I am willing to believe I 218 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:55.759 can let go. I am willing to believe this feeling 219 00:17:55.920 --> 00:18:01.200 will pass. Willingness is enough, sweetheart. You do not need 220 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:05.839 to jump from fear to certainty in one breath. You 221 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:09.920 only need to stop feeding fear as though it is 222 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:13.440 the only truth in the room. And once the heat 223 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:18.160 of fear begins to lower, even just a little, then 224 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:24.480 you can begin restoring peace. Not fake peace, not stiff peace, 225 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:28.359 not the kind where you are pretending to be calm 226 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:32.839 while your whole body is still braced inside. I mean 227 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:37.359 the kind of peace that returns through repetition, through breath, 228 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:42.920 through inner agreement, through choosing again and again not to 229 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:47.960 let every passing thought become a command. So let us 230 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:51.799 move into this second group, as though we are rebuilding 231 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:57.519 your inner atmosphere. Gently, one sentence at a time, say, 232 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:02.759 I choose peace in instead of conflict, both within me 233 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:08.000 and around me. Let the words slow your chest. I 234 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:14.359 choose peace instead of conflict, both within me and around me. Again, 235 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:19.960 I choose peace instead of conflict, both within me and 236 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:25.759 around me, My dear, That sentence matters because so much 237 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:30.680 conflict begins long before it reaches the outside world. It 238 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:33.880 begins in the way you argue with your own mind, 239 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:39.400 your own body, your own timing, your own needs. So 240 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:43.839 when you choose peace inwardly, you stop making your inner 241 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:49.200 world the rehearsal stage for chaos. Then say, I trust 242 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:52.440 the process of life to bring me what is for 243 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:57.720 my highest good. Slowly, now, I trust the process of 244 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:02.799 life to bring me what is for my highest good. Again, 245 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:08.279 I trust the process of life to bring me what 246 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:12.400 is for my highest good. That is such a healing 247 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:17.480 sentence because it teaches the nervous system not to run 248 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:22.640 ahead and manage the whole invisible future. It lets life 249 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:27.519 keep some of its mystery without making mystery equal danger. 250 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:31.599 And then continue with this one, which is so embodied 251 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:36.559 and so beautiful. My breath slows, my mind grows quiet, 252 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:41.039 and I am in charge of myself. Say it again, 253 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:47.319 but slower, my breath slows, my mind grows quiet, and 254 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:51.599 I am in charge of myself. And once more, my 255 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:55.960 breath slows, my mind grows quiet, and I am in 256 00:20:56.119 --> 00:21:01.519 charge of myself, My darling, Do you feel what that does? 257 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:07.680 It returns authority to you without force. It does not 258 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:13.359 say the thoughts disappear. It says they no longer lead everything. 259 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:18.039 That is the real meaning of peace. Peace is not 260 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:22.359 the absence of all thought. Peace is that thoughts stop 261 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:26.240 dragging you around like a child dragged by the hand 262 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:30.440 through a crowded street. Peace is when you remain the 263 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:34.119 one who can return, the one who can choose, the 264 00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:37.200 one who can breathe, the one who can widen the 265 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:42.440 space between feeling and reaction. So if you want a 266 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:48.160 tiny practice here, let it be this. Inhale for three 267 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:55.160 counts and say inwardly, I choose peace. Exhale for six 268 00:21:55.279 --> 00:22:04.359 counts and say all is well. Again, inhale, I choose peace, exhale, 269 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:09.119 all is well. One minute of that can change the 270 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:13.960 whole emotional direction of an hour, because the body begins 271 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:18.559 hearing a new rhythm, the mind begins hearing a new home. 272 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:23.240 And once the body feels calmer, you do not need 273 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:29.680 to force positivity. Positivity rises more naturally when the fear 274 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:34.319 is no longer running the room. And then only then, 275 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:38.759 my dear, once the heart has softened and the nervous 276 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:43.079 system is not screaming quite so loudly, you can begin 277 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:49.720 activating positive energy. I say that very carefully because I 278 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:53.920 do not want you to use positivity like a mask. 279 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:59.400 Positive energy is not pretending you are thrilled while your 280 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:04.559 body is and collapse. Positive energy is choosing the direction 281 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:09.359 of life after the heart has been soothed. It is saying, 282 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:13.359 now that I am not drowning in fear, where do 283 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:16.720 I want my energy to go? And that is a 284 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:22.759 beautiful question, because once fear quiets, even a little life 285 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:30.640 becomes available again. Ideas become available, movement becomes available, gratitude 286 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:37.160 becomes available, Curiosity becomes available. So let these next truths 287 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:42.720 be spoken not as pressure, but as invitation. Say, I 288 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:46.359 am full of life, and I am ready to welcome 289 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:52.839 the new opportunities of today again with a little more openness. 290 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:57.319 I am full of life, and I am ready to 291 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:03.640 welcome the new opportunity of today. And once more, I 292 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:07.279 am full of life, and I am ready to welcome 293 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:13.880 the new opportunities of today. My dear, that sentence is 294 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:18.119 not asking you to know what the opportunities are. It 295 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:22.160 is telling the mind to stop staring only at what 296 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:26.799 is wrong and begin becoming available to what may open. 297 00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:32.400 Then say, every step I take today brings me closer 298 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:36.960 to the best version of myself. Let that be gentle. 299 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:42.279 Every step I take today brings me closer to the 300 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:48.319 best version of myself. Again, every step I take today 301 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:53.839 brings me closer to the best version of myself. That 302 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:57.960 is such a healing way to think, because it frees 303 00:24:58.000 --> 00:25:03.240 you from needing one perfect giant leap. It lets your 304 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:08.319 life become a series of faithful steps. Then say, I 305 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:14.440 am a magnet for kind people and favorable experiences. Slowly, 306 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:18.960 like you are changing the room around you, I am 307 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:26.319 a magnet for kind people and favorable experiences. Again, I 308 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:33.119 am a magnet for kind people and favorable experiences. My darling, 309 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:37.279 that sentence does not mean every person you meet will 310 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:41.799 be perfect. It means your inner field is becoming less 311 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:46.359 welcoming to drama and more welcoming to what is healthy, 312 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:51.680 kind and aligned. And then close this group with something 313 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:56.480 very warm and very alive. Today is a gift, and 314 00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:01.240 I choose to live it with gratitude and enthusiasm. Again, 315 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:05.359 Today is a gift, and I choose to live it 316 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:11.920 with gratitude and enthusiasm. And once more, Today is a gift, 317 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:16.759 and I choose to live it with gratitude and enthusiasm. 318 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:21.759 That one opens the whole day, sweetheart. It reminds you 319 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:27.000 that you are not merely surviving ours, you are receiving 320 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:30.039 a life. I want to linger here for a moment 321 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:36.240 because this third group is often misunderstood. People think positive 322 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:43.839 energy means being endlessly upbeat, endlessly smiling, endlessly certain, endlessly 323 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:48.599 high vibration. But that is not it. Positive energy is 324 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:53.599 not forced happiness. It is honest alignment. It is what 325 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:57.960 happens when the heart is no longer gripping fear so tightly, 326 00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:02.400 and now your energy can and move towards something life giving. 327 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:06.240 It is the simple decision to walk in a direction 328 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:11.640 that nourishes instead of one that depletes. It is the 329 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:16.200 willingness to bless the day before the day proves itself. 330 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:20.079 It is the choice to look for one open door 331 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:25.119 instead of counting only closed ones. It is the courage 332 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:29.279 to become available to something better than the old story, 333 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:36.519 My darling, Real positivity never shames your pain. It waits 334 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:41.440 until the body is calmer, and then it says, all right, sweetheart, 335 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:45.480 now let us turn toward life. That is why these 336 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:50.160 words matter so much. I am full of life. Is 337 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:56.200 not denial, It is remembrance. Every step brings me closer. 338 00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:01.920 Is not fantasy, it is devotion. I am a magnet 339 00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:08.440 for kind people and favorable experiences. Is not childish. It 340 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:12.480 is the emotional posture of someone who no longer sees 341 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:17.359 the world only through danger. To day is a gift, 342 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:22.279 is not naive, It is sacred. It is the wisdom 343 00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:27.279 of someone who remembers that time itself is holy and 344 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:29.839 does not want to spend the whole day in dread. 345 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:35.200 So if positivity has ever felt fake to you, let 346 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:42.079 it become this instead. Direction after calming, warmth, after truth, 347 00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:49.440 movement after breath, Life after fear loosens its grip. That 348 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:54.640 is real, that is embodied, that is sustainable, And maybe 349 00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:57.440 this is the most loving sequence of all. My dear 350 00:28:58.279 --> 00:29:05.680 first release fear, then restore peace, then activate life. That 351 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:12.359 is the order, not because life demands perfection, but because 352 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:17.519 the body needs tenderness before it can carry light. So 353 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:21.279 if you need to use this in the morning, do 354 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:28.480 not rush. Begin with the body Q long, exhale, soft jaw, 355 00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:33.839 lower shoulders. Then speak the first group until the nervous 356 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:38.240 system stops screaming. Then bring in the second group until 357 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:42.599 the mind begins settling. Then, only when there is a 358 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:47.200 little more space, let the third group guide your energy 359 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:51.799 into the day. This way of speaking to yourself is 360 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:56.119 so different from the old way, is it not. The 361 00:29:56.279 --> 00:30:03.240 old way says get up, be positive, move faster, stop feeling, 362 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:09.000 fix it. But the new way says, come here, breathe, 363 00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:15.279 you are safe, choose peace, then walk. That is how 364 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:20.000 healing and growth live together. That is how the morning 365 00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:24.960 becomes a sanctuary instead of a battle field. That is 366 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:29.839 how your words stop being another thing to achieve and 367 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:34.920 start becoming a place to rest and rise. So let 368 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:39.119 us gather them one more time, very softly, as though 369 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:42.160 I am speaking directly to the deepest part of you 370 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:45.559 that most needs to hear them. I am willing to 371 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:50.079 release worries about things that have not happened. I am 372 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:54.200 safe in this moment, and everything is unfolding in its 373 00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:59.079 proper order. Fear is only a feeling. It is not 374 00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:05.079 the truth about my ability. I choose peace instead of conflict, 375 00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:09.759 both within me and around me. I trust the process 376 00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:13.400 of life to bring me what is for my highest good. 377 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:18.960 My breath slows, my mind grows quiet, and I am 378 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:23.200 in charge of myself. I am full of life, and 379 00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:27.440 I am ready to welcome the new opportunities of to day. 380 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:32.279 Every step I take to day brings me closer to 381 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:36.680 the best version of myself. I am a magnet for 382 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:42.160 kind people and favorable experiences. To day is a gift, 383 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:46.279 and I choose to live it with gratitude and enthusiasm. 384 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:50.559 Read them again tomorrow if you need to read them 385 00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:55.960 the next day too, because repetition is love being faithful 386 00:31:56.640 --> 00:32:01.599 and faithfulness is how fear is replace with peace and 387 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:08.799 positive energy, one gentle mourning at a time. Listen, my dear, 388 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:13.200 You do not have to understand every word before it 389 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:18.200 helps you. So many people make healing harder by trying 390 00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:21.480 to figure it out with the same mind that is 391 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:27.079 already tired. But peace does not always enter through analysis first. 392 00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:32.319 Very often, it enters through the body, through a softer jaw, 393 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:36.799 through shoulders that finally come down through a belly that 394 00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:41.279 is no longer bracing against a future that has not happened. 395 00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:47.240 So before you listen, let your body listen. First, loosen 396 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:52.359 the mouth a little, unclench the face, let the shoulders drop, 397 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:57.839 let the stomach soften, and then press play. Not like 398 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:01.680 a student preparing for an exact am, but like someone 399 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:06.519 giving water to a thirsty garden. My dear, that is 400 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:10.599 how these words begin to sink in, not through force, 401 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:16.759