Inhale through your nose and into your belly.
Exhale through your mouth.
Release.
Inhale through nose.
Fill up belly.
Exhale.
Sigh.
Inhale through nose.
Feel the belly expand.
Bigger than before.
Exhale.
Again.
Sigh.
Last one.
Inhale.
Expand the belly.
Exhale.
Sigh.
And release.
There's an invitation waiting for you to see your life through an alternate lens.
Clearer,
Kinder,
Gentler.
Visualize a wall full of different kinds of windows.
Some are stained glass,
Beautiful and brightly colored.
Some are foggy and gray.
Some are dark and cold.
Imagine these windows are the lens in which we view the world.
Where what we see on the other side of the glass is completely determined by the type of window.
Some make small moments feel enormous.
Some make moments feel gloomy and scary.
Some paint moments as undeservingly glorious.
Each window not wrong,
Just familiar.
Just familiar windows created from years of habit that we tend to keep looking through.
But somewhere inside you,
There is also a clear window.
This window may seem small in the midst of the large wall of windows.
This window's view is steady and honest.
It offers the truth of love's subtle presence despite our ability to see or feel it.
It is kind,
Clear,
And gentle.
Take another breath.
This time inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the nose.
Inhale breath in steadiness.
Exhale calm through your bones.
Again,
Inhaling steadiness.
Exhaling calm.
Inhaling steadiness.
Exhaling the belief of calm's existence through your bones.
Bring to mind one thought or feeling tugging at you today.
It doesn't have to be intense or heavy.
Just one of your familiar perceptions that feel like an obstacle.
I'm not good enough.
I should have done this or that.
Maybe a replay of a memory from yesterday.
Hold it softly,
As if you have open palms that are gently allowing its presence.
Not pushing it away.
Not fighting it.
Ask yourself,
Which window does this thought come from?
Does it come from a window that always expects the worst?
Or a window that minimizes your accomplishments?
Maybe a window that tells you every feeling you have is absolute fact.
Or one that says you're not capable.
Whatever arises,
Meet it with tenderness.
This isn't a moment for correction.
Just love and awareness.
Take another breath.
Imagine turning toward the clear window inside of you.
The one that shows things as they are.
Not as fear paints them.
The one that remembers your strength,
Your resilience,
Your goodness.
The one that isn't influenced by old stories or tired thinking.
Place your thought in front of that window.
Let it be held in a steadier light.
Gently ask,
What is the truer,
Kinder view here?
Maybe the truth is that your fear is just a sign that you're stretching and growing.
Maybe the truth is that you're safe,
Supported,
And far more capable than you let yourself believe.
Maybe the truth is that today doesn't need you to be perfect.
Just present.
Let this clarity soften something in your body.
Feel the shift,
Even the slightest one.
Feel your breath deepen.
Feel the ground return beneath your feet.
You've already begun your day with awareness,
With intention,
With love.
That is enough.
More than enough.
Repeat this in your mind.
Today,
I choose to see with the clear window.
Today,
I choose to see with the clear window.
Take one last slow breath,
Sealing in this intention for your day.
Let it fill you.
Let it steady you.
As you step into your morning,
Remember,
You can return to that clear window anytime.
It is always with you,
Always available,
Always ready to guide you back to truth.
