Hello my friend.
I know that you're awake in the night and that can feel uncomfortable sometimes but it doesn't need to.
You're not alone.
Even now in this very moment there are others who are awake in the night.
Some are lying awake just like you.
Some are getting up and moving quietly through the dark.
Some attending to dreams and are just on the edge of waking and sleeping.
We wake in the night for so many reasons and it's normal and you're safe.
And nothing bad can happen.
Sometimes it's that there's something within us keeping vigil,
Just as our ancestors once did,
Watching over the fire while the others slept.
Keeping the tribe safe.
And so perhaps a part of you believes it needs to keep watch and keep that vigil.
Maybe what it needs to hear now is.
.
.
You are safe.
You are safe.
And there's nothing you need to do.
Safe to let your attention go.
Absolutely nothing you need to solve.
Can resolve.
Or even need to understand.
You are allowed to be part of the great resting and of the night's embrace and its quiet.
In any way.
If there is something particular that's keeping you awake,
Worries or thoughts or ideas or feelings Perhaps you don't need to hold them or hold them alone.
You can put them down and come back to them and you might find they're different when you do.
Often what worries and thoughts and feelings need.
Is to be allowed simply to be without being seen as wrong or needing fixing or being a problem and for you to melt your mind.
And melt and soften your body that's holding.
And let them be for a while.
Somehow.
Everything becomes okay.
Everything gets worked out.
Because when we pause and rest and give our body time.
And wellness.
And time to process in the background without us intervening.
Things change.
It's healthy.
Healthy to release control that you don't have and give it to the parts of you that are there to heal.
Integrate.
To renew.
While you rest.
And you may not be fully asleep.
You're still resting.
You're still letting yourself be at ease.
You're still knowing there's nothing you need to fix.
Nothing you need to get right.
Underneath everything.
At the center where you are.
Breathing and simply being.
All is well.
All is well,
My friend.
Even if you don't quite believe it.
At the center.
Where your being breathes.
All is well.
And things will look different.
When the daylight comes.
So you don't need to worry about them now.
You are deeply,
Deeply safe.
And as I offer soothing restful reassurance,
Let that keep you company until sleep comes.
And there's no rush.
There's no pressure to sleep at all.
Just know that these words will continue looping for a while.
For as long as you need,
They are here for you.
I am safe.
I am not alone.
I am good.
I've done enough.
It is safe to rest now.
The night is holding me.
Nothing is wrong.
My worries are taken care of.
The night is kind.
My body knows how to rest.
Sleep will come in its own sweet time.
I surrender to peace.
I am safe to let go.
I am safe to let go.
For as long as you need,
They are here for you.
I am safe.
I am not alone.
I am good.
I've done enough.
It is safe to rest now.
The night is holding me.
Nothing is wrong.
My worries are taken care of.
The night is kind.
My body knows how to rest.
Sleep will come in its own sweet time.
I surrender to peace.
I am safe to let go.
I am safe to let go.
For as long as you need,
They are here for you.
I am safe.
I am not alone.
I am good.
I've done enough.
It is safe to rest now.
The night is holding me.
Nothing is wrong.
My worries are taken care of.
The knight is kind.
My body knows how to rest.
Sleep will come in its own sweet time.
I surrender to peace.
I am safe to let go.
I am safe to let go.
