Going Off Script

Take a moment to settle.
To root down into those sitz bones.
To let the breath be slow and deep.
Inhale. Exhale.
Welcome to a Hit of Hope.
Sometimes, we need to go off script.
We have the opportunity to live and not know what comes next.
Inhale. Exhale.
When we go off script, we are asked to move away from what we know.
From our habits.
From what makes us feel comfortable.
Inhale. Exhale.
The reasons we like scripts so much is because they are familiar.
They let us know how something is supposed

Transcript

Take a moment to settle,

To root down into those sitz bones,

To let the breath be slow and deep.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Welcome to a hit of hope.

Sometimes we need to go off script.

We have the opportunity to live and not know what comes next.

Inhale.

Exhale.

When we go off script,

We are asked to move away from what we know,

From our habits,

From what makes us feel comfortable.

Inhale.

Exhale.

The reason we like scripts so much is because they are familiar.

They let us know how something is supposed to go.

That can create that sense of comfort,

But it's the very thing that can make us feel trapped,

Longing for something more,

Something different.

Inhale.

Exhale.

A script is like a trail,

Leading us from here to there,

And we know what we'll see and experience along the way.

Without a script,

Without a trail,

Just think about how wide and open the world is.

There are all kinds of directions,

Ways to go,

People to meet,

Things to see.

Inhale.

Exhale.

How scripts can serve us,

And they can imprison us.

So what if we go off script?

What if we get really curious?

What if we get really brave and not know,

And still move forward into what will be?

With our feet on the ground,

Our head in the sky,

And our heart open wide.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Live light.

Reviews

Beautiful and uncannily timely, as usual. How do you do that?
My own courage has faltered greatly of late; while I am experiencing an unprecedented (for me) level of happiness and success at work, I find that the only enjoyable part of my life, and exclusively because I've lost my courage to move outside my box. This from a man who spent the previous 2 ½ years with no box whatsoever, living his own bucket list life on no one's terms but his own.
Only to once more shrink into the cuccoon of loneliness and self-loathing that it took so long to "escape" from before.

On a side note, I do hope it's only me, but this meditation was only barely audible, even with earbuds, max volume, and my ear muff, tto.

Really good. Thank you. I have been taking myself off script lately. Scary but worth it ~

I always have a 'script', would love a day with out one...

Great way to begin the day - open-minded to possibilities! ☀️😘

Always wonderful to get a reminder to live with an open heart. Thank you. ✌️🧘‍♂️♥️

Hi Betsy. We met w my husbands oncologist today after 5 chemos and 23 radiation treatments it is time to set up the scariest appointment for major surgery. I am sad and afraid but cancer doesn’t give many options. It has been a very scary 2 months and last week I had to say goodbye to my beloved Dora (weim) she had same cancer as my husband. I am numb. We both lost our jobs as I am now his caretaker. I didn’t want to be a downer but I wish everything never changed but it has. I love all your readings please keep it up as they do help me.

You’re so amazing and I appreciate your meditation practices so deeply. This is my new favorite of yours and quite brilliant really. Keep going and create more like this. Thank you

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I love your talks and meditations. Thank you for this... Curiosity and opening up is so important when we are fixed on old patterns