It's Up To Us--Just Begin

The stakes feel so high right now--both internationally and individually. This can cause us to feel paralyzed and exhausted. This meditation invites us to just begin. To do what we can right now to live light and shine.

Transcript

Hey,

Welcome to a hit of hope.

The stakes feel so high right now.

On an international level,

But also on these individual levels,

These lives we lead every day.

You don't want to do or say the wrong thing,

Forget the important memo or anniversary.

You don't want to forget the thing that the person asked you to do and you said,

Sure,

Yes,

I promise.

And you want to be real and authentic,

But not awkward or hurtful.

So you control,

You clench your fists,

Both physical and metaphorical,

Tighter and tighter.

And you end up afraid and exhausted,

So very exhausted.

But what if we live like we are just begun?

What if in this chaos,

We see it as opportunity,

As process,

Not as product or perfection?

What if we take first steps?

What if we try to cause to bring about?

What if we live as if we are always in an early stage and thus imperfect?

Can you feel what that might be like?

It doesn't mean that it gets rid of life's hard times or uncertainties or pain,

But what if we live each new day as an opportunity not to be perfect,

But to take first steps and see what unfolds?

The choices we make create effects.

And do we really need to create more fear,

More anxiety,

More exhaustion?

What if the choices we make create bravery,

Kindness,

Just a little bit more hope?

We don't have to be perfect.

We just have to begin.

Reviews

Timely! Your beautiful gift of saying so much within a short span of time truly makes the world a more beautiful place where hope can tear its head ….and grow. Thank you! I am frequent listener of your contributions, this particular one is a bit different than the ones I typically listen to, and as usual….it spoke volumes and did leave me with a “hit of hope” . I appreciate what you add and create. Know you make a difference. You really “get” the human experience, the real fears, the real challenges and find ways to acknowledge it’s ok to be human . 🙏🏼

Thank you. I spoke with you two years ago when my husband was dying, you were very kind he did pass. I had to leave the place where I lived all my possessions my friends to begin again where I met an older gentleman who help show me around to the places that I would need to know the things that I needed to do so we enjoyed our company for two years we helped each other in different waysand he just passed. It seems so unbelievable that I just ran across you tonight. It was good listening to you thank you.

Another rich meditation. Being authentic is my default mode but trying to find the balance so that I don’t hurt others. So much to do. Thank you for the reminder that life is a process. Thank you for sharing. 💕

Thanks for providing a better perspective than just being fearful. It indeed was the hit of hope you aim for.

Your talk about just begin, during these dark times is amazing, thank you!🙏🏼

Very wonderful! Thank you for this message 🙏🏻🕊️❤️✨

As always, your hope HITS. ✨ s thousand thanks from PA. We got this.

You don't have to solve everything, you can just take a step. ✌️🧘‍♂️🪷

I really appreciate that you are directly addressing how stressful and scary things are right now and reflecting on how to be, how to act. I have been trying to make sense of what feels like a paradox: how to go through my everyday routine and job in the face of what feels like the world falling apart. I really love what you said about not creating more fear because there is enough of that already. And that our actions and how we treat others (and ourselves, of course) matters and will have an impact. Thank you for this insight today. I listen to all of your meditations here and am so happy you are publishing more of them again! Thank you for the work you do and for sharing care and love.

Thank you! I needed this message as I begin my day. I felt a shift in all parts of me. To just begin... live light. 💖🙏

Wonderful! Baby steps every day, it does matters. 🙏 thank you!

Feeling encouraged, yet again. I love that your talks are so real and down to earth. They brighten my days. Thank you.

Betsy has done it once again! She is truly one to be counted on for that “hit of hope”, as she has so fittingly flagged her short insight “talks”.
Betsey Johnson is the Queen of Succinct—particularly in matters that one would think might require scads of time to even consider, much less resolve to the point of prace and harmony within one’s self. Yet it is this very distinction that qualifies her tracks as quite extraordinary. It took her a matter of moments to examine a notion and then transmute any angst into tranquility. I personally finished this musing with tears in my eyes and gratitude in my heart. Thank you, dear Betsey. 🙏✨💖

When I realized fear had gripped me, leaving me feeling stuck so many days of my existence, there was your new meditation with the words which were running amuck in brain just minutes before turning to the app of 8 years I’ve come to when life gets so ffffffn’ lifey, and to the Meditation Teacher who offers the raw, real and wretched moments of life a “hint of hope”. Thank you. Yes, your brain really does change with Meditation. Namaste 🙏🏻

I’m going to listen again. This is timely, as usual 🙏🏼

We don’t have to be perfect we just have to begin ! Thank you , I will come back to your words often as it’s dark and scary out there and you help open the door to light !

Yup Betsy, scary times. Putting pressure on me to be half way perfect, is ridiculous.. I will work on to seeing all the good in me.
Hugz 🥰

Brilliant and lovely all rolled up in one! My heart has been heavy and this reminder to be light and love - thank you!!

Thank you very much. As so often this piece is perfectly timed and a perfect gift of a message. I now feel encouraged and strengthened to begin but not uncomfortably so!