Welcome to this moment.
Give yourself the gift of turning inward slowly,
Allow your jaw to relax,
Gently closing your eyes if that feels right,
Sinking your shoulders down,
Really feel your body land right here.
Breathe in,
Exhale let it go.
Dropping in,
Shifting into the observing mind,
Every breath you take slows down the thinking mind,
Inhale and now all you need to do is see yourself and observe.
My friend,
What are you hoping for?
Maybe hope is not wishing,
Striving,
Maybe hope is a deep knowing that what is for you will not pass you.
What is really behind the feeling of hope?
What fuels this feeling of hope within you?
Maybe it's trust,
Your knowing,
Your intuition,
Breathe in,
Exhale,
What if you didn't have to hope,
What if you just had to let go and surrender,
Let go of the constant gripping,
The desperate energy,
The wanting to control.
Hope is about letting go,
Can you see that everything is for you,
Life is working in your favor,
Whatever you are hoping for my friend,
Can you surrender,
Release the how,
Release the when,
Hope is a deep knowing,
Hope is trust,
Breath in,
Breath out,
Chugam Trungpa writes,
The bad news is you're falling through the air without a parachute,
The good news is there's no ground,
Full surrender.
Feel this freedom in the true essence of hope,
Breathe in slow,
Let it go,
Releasing any lingering striving or wishing,
Softening into the trust,
The knowing,
The surrender of hope,
Breathe in,
Let it go,
Notice the you that is here,
Feel a shift in your heart,
Your energy,
Carry with you this new perspective,
Hope is about letting go,
Inhale,
From my heart to yours.
