Good morning and welcome to the artist morning.
My name is Darius and today is a very special day for me.
Today I break a world record,
A personal world record.
Today marks the most consecutive days that I have ever been alive.
Today is the furthest I've ever gone in this video game called life.
To be exact,
Today I am exactly 14,
684 days old.
I've never gone this far and guess what?
Neither have you.
Some days might feel like we are going around and around in circles,
But the fact is,
Today,
This day,
This moment,
This is the oldest we have ever been.
This is the oldest we have ever been.
Maybe you feel younger than you did 10 years ago and that's great for you,
But it doesn't matter because today is the furthest we have ever gotten in this thing called life.
And for our meditation,
I'd like to celebrate that together.
Let's begin.
If your eyes are open,
Let's keep them open just for a moment.
Let's gently look around our space here and marvel.
We are here.
We are alive in this space.
Whatever this space is for you,
Are you able to access curiosity like a child playing a game?
Look at all the things around you.
Maybe these are things you have seen hundreds of times before,
But if you are able,
Let's bring some amusement,
Some gratitude,
Some play and see these things with new eyes and remember where you've been.
Who's been there with you?
All these little things have stories.
This space we are in has a story.
It wasn't accidental.
And those stories have relationships and connections to other humans.
In front of me,
I see some gems,
Each one a unique story.
As I look around this room,
I remember all the people who I've shared this space with.
Take a couple deeper breaths.
As I breathe,
I begin to remember.
Remember that this entire thing called life is one big game.
This today,
This moment is the furthest I've ever got in this game.
I've never been here before.
Guess what?
You have never been here before.
It might look like a day that you've seen in the past,
But you have never been here before.
Now,
If you'd like to close your eyes,
You're welcome to do so.
And if you want to keep them open,
You can do that as well.
This next part of the meditation,
I'm going to share some affirmations.
Each is a choice.
If it resonates,
You take it in,
Plant it into your heart and let it grow throughout your day.
If it doesn't resonate,
Guess what?
You again choose to let it float away.
Today,
I choose to be gentle with myself.
To be gentle with myself.
Today,
I choose to be kind and supportive with myself.
Today,
I choose to eat healthy.
Today,
I choose to go on a walk in nature.
Today,
I choose to use my voice to speak my truth.
To use my voice to speak my truth.
Today,
I choose to stand up tall and feel it all.
Today,
I choose to open my heart to love.
Today,
I choose to open my eyes and see the support,
The guidance,
The love all around me.
Today,
I choose to celebrate my human.
For you see,
Today is my mini birthday.
I have never lived this many consecutive days in a row.
Today is my mini birthday.
And today,
I choose to celebrate my life.
With this next song,
I'd love to leave some open space for you,
Your human,
Your heart,
Your mind,
Your soul,
To just hang out together,
To support each other,
To listen to each other.
I'll stay quiet and I'll meet you at the end of this song.
Well done,
Dear artist.
Each of us has a different relationship with ourselves,
With our hearts.
Maybe that was easy for you and maybe it wasn't.
I'm just so grateful that you got a little bit of time with yourself before your day started.
There's one more song and with this song,
It's a choose your own adventure.
I'm gonna leave you with the prompt.
Today,
I choose and you get to fill in the blank.
Don't overthink this,
Have some fun.
And most importantly,
It's not about choosing the right words.
It's not about choosing the right words,
But it's about choosing words that allow you to feel.
How do you want your day today to feel?
Today,
I choose.
Today,
I choose.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
Let's give ourselves a moment to land back in our seats.
Let's take one deep breath together here.
Breathing in.
And letting it all go.
I'm so grateful we got this time together.
I'm so grateful that I get to celebrate my 14,
684th day of life,
My mini birthday here with you today and I got to celebrate your mini birthday.
Maybe if you're interested,
You can do a little google search and see how many consecutive days you've been alive.
For those of us joining live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and allow us to continue the celebration,
Continue the exploration.
And of course,
If you're catching us on a replay,
Maybe on insight timer,
You can do the same.
Put some time on your own clock and dive in deeper and see what's here for you.
Thank you for meditating with me.
My name is Darius and I will see you next time.
