Make Fear Answer. Choose Your Heart.

Here we are. At this moment, this body, this breath. Inhale. Exhale. Welcome to a Hit of Hope. In this world, it can feel as if we never have enough. As if we never are enough. Or as if the life we want is never, ever going to happen. When that happens, we can turn the dust devil. We get caught in the twisting, restless energy, and we are so very dry and empty inside. Inhale. Exhale. Hard as it may seem to believe, harder still to practice, is that we can choose our heart.

Transcript

Here we are in this moment,

This body,

This breath.

Inhale,

Exhale.

Welcome to a hit of hope.

In this world,

It can feel as if we never have enough,

As if we never are enough,

Or as if the life we want is never going to happen.

When that happens,

We can turn dust devil.

We get caught in the twisting,

Restless energy,

And we feel so very dry and empty inside.

Inhale,

Exhale.

Hard as it may seem to believe,

Harder still to practice,

Is the fact that we can choose our heart.

We can choose what it is like in the center of our being.

You might protest,

Life is hard.

Life is mean.

Indeed,

It can be.

But let me repeat.

We can choose our heart.

When life happens,

When you feel out of control,

Try something radical.

Be out of control of what is happening outside.

Then get very,

Very curious about what is happening inside.

Inhale,

Exhale.

You can choose to be spun around and flung about by everything big and small.

You can choose to breathe into your center and trust that you are filled with a holy,

Radiant light.

Inhale,

Exhale.

When you feel out of control,

Be out of control of what is happening outside and get so very kind about what is happening inside.

Breathe,

Root,

Reach toward the light.

Inhale,

Exhale.

When you feel out of control,

Surrender,

Trust that you have within you a deep and wise intelligence.

Grow quiet so that you can heal.

Heal by knowing that nothing in you is lacking or wanting.

Within you,

Life and spirit are everywhere at play.

Inhale,

Exhale.

When you feel out of control,

Make fear answer.

Make fear answer how it serves you because chances are it doesn't.

Chances are fear is poisoning your here and now.

Stop.

Get so grounded that you drop right out of the bottom of the dust devil.

Watch it move along its way.

Inhale,

Exhale.

Let me repeat.

Make fear answer for what it's doing to you.

When you can see what it's doing,

What it's really doing to you and your life,

Then choose your heart.

Choose to be courageous and open,

Warm and wise.

And,

Please,

Choose to be kind to yourself,

To the other human dust devils swirling around the barbed wire fences of life.

Inhale,

Exhale.

Choose your heart and live light.

Reviews

So powerful. I’ve never asked fear to answer, I’ve lived with the assumption that it has all the answers, all the while keeping me hidden from my heart. Time to start questioning! I can’t thank you enough for this meditation.

Wow. Grounding is a choice. This is a great one when we are spinning in fear. Betsy feels like a kind friend, an angel who comes when you are allowing yourself to spin and fall apart, who gently invites you to step out of being flung about by life and others and kindly get curious and what you are choosing. Fear is a liar. We must choose our heart and we CAN. We lack nothing. We can breathe. We can reach for the light. We can get calm, wise, centered.

Exactly what I was searching for today. I choose to drop out of the dust devil that my fear created. I choose to be courageous. Thank you for this gift. 🙏🏼

This is listed as a talk, but it should be a meditation ❤️

Excellent. Choose love over fear. I always appreciate your angle on life. Thank you Betsy

Left me raw and wide open. In a good way. What I needed to hear for clarity and understanding. In a good way ❤