meditation: you can’t think your way into peace

did you make another list this morning?
trying to get ahead this week?

you’re obsessing over the future.
but the future hasn’t arrived yet,
has it?

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🎤︎︎ this meditation was inspired by a woman in our Be Write Hear community — she’s terrified of what might happen if she doesn’t stay ten steps ahead.

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your heart squeezes,
your breath doesn’t drop deeper
than your collarbones

and your brain
is on rapid catastrophe mode!!!!!!!
must. figure. this. out. A.S.A.P.!!!!!!!

this meditation is
not here to solve your problem.

i’m not going to help you figure out
what to do about the future.

i’m here to introduce you
to this part of your mind,
one of your sub-personalities,
who believes (with intensity)
that it’s single-handedly
holding it (your whole life) together,
alone.

and this part of you
is exhausted.
am i right?

lay down or sit up tall.
just come be with me (and this part of you)
and the future
will take care of itself

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