Welcome,
Beautiful soul.
My name is Anne-Marie Verviers.
Thank you for choosing to spend this sacred moment with me.
The meditation is created to guide you into a space of calm connection and gentle transformation.
Today's meditation is focused on releasing other people's expectations.
Thank you for choosing yourself today.
In this moment,
There is nowhere else you need to be.
And nothing you need to become.
You are already enough.
Take a slow breath in and slowly breathe out.
Let your body soften.
Truth Day.
I'd like you to put down away.
A weight you may not even realize you've been carrying.
The weight of other people's expectations.
Who do they think you should be?
What they think.
You should do.
How?
They know.
You should know.
Who they think you should love.
What they think.
You should have won.
How they think you should behave.
And sometimes.
Even food.
I think you should become.
Some expectations are spoken.
Others are never spoken at all.
You simply add salt and.
You learn what makes people happy.
You learn what causes disapproval.
You learn what earns praise.
And slowly,
Without meaning to.
You begin shaping your life around other people's comfort.
Today I'd like you to remember something.
You are allowed to be a whole human being.
Not a version of yourself designed to keep everyone else comfortable.
Close your eyes and imagine you're walking along a quiet beach.
The tide is slowly coming in.
With every way.
The water reaches.
A little further.
Onto the sand.
And in.
The correct tree.
Taking something with it.
You walk along the water's edge.
And notice footprints behind you.
Something I will to you.
At others.
Belong to people.
We have wool.
Decide to Ah.
Friends,
Family.
Teacher.
People whose opinions matter to you.
People whose approval.
You want it.
Perhaps people who didn't even realize how much influence.
They had over you.
Look at those footprints.
And with compassion save.
Thank you.
Thank you for what you taught me.
Thank you for what you gave me.
Thank you for the lessons.
Thank you for the love.
And now.
Choose my own path.
Choose my own path.
A wave comes very gently.
Onto the shawl.
And as it retreats.
The footprints begin to disappear.
Not because those people didn't matter.
Not because you don't love them.
Because their path is not yours.
You continue walking.
And ahead of you.
You see a beautiful open space.
No footprint.
No instructions.
No signs telling you where to go.
Just an open path.
And perhaps.
For the first time you realize you get to choose.
You don't need to know exactly where the path leads.
You don't need everyone to understand it.
You don't need everyone to approve.
You simply need to listen to yourself.
Place your hand over your heart.
Quietly pause.
What do I want?
Not what should I want,
Not what would make somebody else happy,
Not what would make me look successful.
Not what will keep the peace.
Simply,
What do I want?
And then who do I want to be?
Allow whatever comes to come.
Perhaps the answer is clear.
Perhaps it isn't.
That's okay.
You are not taking.
An examination.
You are getting to know yourself.
Now.
3D printing.
And repeat.
I release me.
To be what others expect me to be.
I honor the people I love.
Without abandoning myself.
I am allowed to change.
I am allowed to grow.
I am allowed to chew.
Oh my.
That feels true to me.
I belong to myself.
That last sentence.
Just let it sit for a moment.
I belong to myself.
You are not owned by anybody else's expectations.
You are not responsible for everybody else's mood.
You are not responsible for everybody else's happiness.
You are not even required to live a life that makes sense.
To everyone else.
You.
Are allowed to become exactly who you are.
Take one final breath in.
And let it go.
Feel the ground beneath you.
You and your body.
Feel your heart.
And know that you don't have to walk away from anyone.
To come home to yourself.
You simply have to stop walking away from yourself.
When you're ready.
Gently move your fingers.
And your toes.
Stretch your body and slowly open your eyes.
As you move through your day.
May you remember this.
You are allowed to disappoint someone's expectations.
With our.
Disappointing yourself.
Your life is yours.
Your path is yours.
And you are finally allowed to walk it.
Take your journal.
And rise.
Are censoring yourself.
Today's reflection.
Loose expectation.
Am I still carrying?
Then.
If I knew,
I could not disappoint anyone.
What would I choose for myself?
Don't worry about it.
Whether the answer is practical.
Don't worry about whether you can act on it today.
Just let yourself tell the truth.
Some time.
The first boundary we need.
Is simply giving ourselves.
A mission.
To know what we actually want.
Thank you for sharing this peaceful space with me.
I honor your time,
Your presence and your willingness to show up for yourself.
Until we meet again.
Stay grounded.
Stay open.
And.
.
.
Stay kind to your soul.
