You've Got This

Daily life can be hard. We can be weary, afraid, exhausted, and restless. This meditation invites you to sit, breathe, and center, cultivating a sense of presence in this here and now. When we can do that, we can live light and shine.

Please note: This track may include some explicit language.

Transcript

Settle yourself.

Drop down into your body.

Feel where you connect to earth.

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

Welcome and fair warning this one's a little salty.

I went to the grocery store the other day and as I was putting my bags in the back of my car I noticed not one brand-new scrape on my back bumper but two.

In that moment I realized I could stomp my foot in frustration,

Let go of a stream of swear words,

Or plop down on the tar and cry.

As I assessed the damage the good news was there were no dents.

The bad news is I live in Minnesota where they salt the heck out of the roads in the winter and since these scrapes had gone all the way down to the metal if I ignored them then winter would come the salt from the roads would eat the metal away and before long I'd have a rusted bumper.

What made this challenging is this was not my fault.

I didn't ask for it and I was already having a tough week.

There'd been all kinds of other challenging adulting stuff I was dealing with and it was one of those times in my life when I was feeling lost like who am I where am I going what's the point and then this something out of my control had literally bumped into me without any kind of apology or acknowledgement of responsibility and as is always the case what happened next was entirely up to me.

Life will bump into us.

We will have to deal with what we don't want to.

We will be afraid and overwhelmed and feel lost and wonder what in the hell are we doing here.

What happens next is entirely up to you.

You can scream in frustration.

You can cry and that's okay.

You can fret and fume at the unexpected expense or effort or the injustice of it all and you can choose to sit,

To center,

To breathe in and out.

Yes life will bump into you and yes you can handle it.

You can handle what comes next.

See it as a chance.

A chance to act from a grounded and curious center.

A chance to ask what can I learn about myself,

About the world.

What's my next best step.

Breathe in,

Breathe out.

Whenever life bumps into you remember you are a badass with a big heart.

You got this.

You can choose your next best step and keep walking your path head held high as you do everything in your power to live light and shine.

Reviews

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Excellent! Thank you for sharing your strength and words of wisdom!!

So good, so helpful, and so real - thank you Betsy for this verbal hug xxxx

Precisely what I needed to hear at this precise moment! Many thanks for sharing what's true; helpful; and healing.

You know it my friend. I'm 67 and I have many days where I contemplate "what the hell is this all about". A bad day is one thing, a bad week really starts to get the best of us.😒 Hang tough 💪 and persevere. 🙏🩷

Thank YOU Betsy! You are an answered prayer. Much love to you!

All of this. &
Thank you for deciding that it helps you to share you here, in turn it helps me & so many more. Live Light & Shine & Scream, Cry, Swear & Choose what next step is best for you. That alone can be daunting…that can leave you stuck, sad, relieved, angry, confused, depleted, calm, reset or rested. Love you 🥰 thank you.

A fantastic reminder of our capabilities. Thank you! ✌️🧘‍♂️🕉

The perfect timeliness of your new meditations doesn't really surprise me anymore, but that doesn't mean I'm one iota less grateful than always!
Even as a particularly trying week(ish) draws to a close, you remind me once more that the only thing I control is me. My perceptions. My reactions.
So I return to my quiet. I remember and reassert the philosophy which helped me survive times so much more challenging than these; Life happens FOR me, not TOO me. I am only a victim of life's random vagaries is I choose to view myself through that lens.
I choose to believe that even the unpleasant things (and some have been pretty fucking unpleasant) hide a blessing, and I don't need to know what that gift is to be grateful for it. I need only open myself to that possibility and let it...
...flow.

Thank you again.

I really liked the directness and practical advice. Life does bump into us, often, and I need reminders like this talk. Thanks, Betsy!

Another excellent meditation! 🤩. You gently suggest all the choices a person can deal with any situation. Thanks again sharing your idea. Your wisdom always shines through. Bless you today and every day forward!😀💜😇🩷😁🙏🏻🙏🏻