Welcome to today,
I will choose peace.
So,
I'd like to invite you to choose something simple.
It's something that you can return to again and again,
Wherever your day takes you.
So today,
Choose peace.
Not because everything around you is peaceful.
But because somewhere beneath all the noise,
The thinking,
The doing,
The demands of life.
There is a quieter place within you.
So let's spend a few moments remembering how to find it.
So find your comfy space warm and cozy.
Feel your body soften,
Shoulders dropping down from your ears,
Hands resting comfortably and gently close your eyes.
Take a slow breath in.
And as you let it go,
Just release any stress or tension.
Another easy breath in.
And just let it flow.
Relax the muscles around your eyes.
Release your jaw.
And for now,
There is nowhere else you need to be.
You are simply here in this moment,
Breathing,
Listening,
Arriving.
Another beautiful breath in.
And as you breathe out.
Just imagine the busyness of your day settling around you.
Just like tiny ripples on the surface of water gradually becoming still.
There may still be thoughts.
There may still be sounds around you.
And there may still be things waiting for your attention.
But that's okay.
Because peace doesn't require perfect silence.
Peace can exist right here,
Right in the middle of your life.
So just bring your awareness to the center of your heart.
Place a hand over your heart.
Just feel the warmth of your hand.
Feel the gentle rise and fall beneath it.
And imagine that somewhere within this space is a wonderful small pool of stillness.
And in this pool of stillness,
It is quiet,
It is clear and unhurried.
You don't have to create it.
Because it is already there.
Now with each breath that you take,
Just imagine yourself coming a little closer to that stillness.
Breathing in.
Softening.
Breathing out.
Settling and maybe begin to notice.
And maybe notice that choosing peace means that we can pause before we react.
We can take a breath.
Before the next word.
Can step outside and feel the breeze against our skin.
We can soften our shoulders.
And we can begin again.
These are such wonderful tiny choices.
But sometimes these tiny choices really change the whole feeling of the day.
So just take a slow breath in now.
And silently say,
I choose peace.
As you breathe out.
I soften into this moment.
Breathing in.
Peace is here.
Breathing out.
I return to myself.
Breathing in.
Today I choose peace.
Breathing out,
Peace is within me.
Just let those words.
.
.
Echo deep into your heart.
Wonderful.
Now you see yourself moving through the rest of your day.
Maybe you see yourself opening a door,
Walking into a room,
Answering a message,
Speaking with someone.
Or just those ordinary things.
That really make up your day.
But here you are,
Carrying this quiet steadiness with you.
And you know that you can return to it whenever you need to.
So if something unsettles you,
Take one breath.
If your mind becomes crowded.
Breathe.
And if the day begins moving too quickly.
A beautiful breath in.
And a beautiful breath out.
A small pause,
A softening,
A choice.
And maybe that is what peace really is.
Something that we learn to recognize within ourselves.
Something we can touch for a moment,
Lose and then find again as many times as we need to.
So take a slow nourishing breath in.
And breathe out gently.
Feel your body here.
Notice the space around you.
Roll your shoulders,
Zip up feels good.
Gently stretch.
And before you open your eyes.
Just make a simple promise.
Today I will choose peace.
Not every moment,
But whenever I remember,
I will come back.
To my breath.
Back to this moment.
To peace.
So thank you so much for sharing these gentle few moments with me.
And may you carry a little more softness.
A little more peace.
Into your beautiful day.
And wherever life takes you,
May you remember,
Peace is always somewhere that you can return to.
Namaste,
My friend.
