Hi my friend.
I know it's easy to feel overwhelmed and behind.
It's easy to forget the path that we have traveled to get here.
This meditation is for you to remember all that you are and be proud of yourself and really recognize how far you've come.
Allow yourself to turn inward slowly.
Breathing in.
Exhale.
Starting to really arrive in this moment.
Letting go of all expectations.
Feel the softening in your body.
Feel your mind start to unwind.
My friend,
Are you forgetting to really see yourself?
Are you rushing or chasing the next thing before you acknowledge where you are now?
Inhale deeply.
Exhale.
See yourself right here.
And remember what it took to get here.
Start to visualize a younger version of you.
Imagine this version of you.
Notice the look in your eyes.
Your facial expression.
Notice the energy.
Allow this younger version of you to meet you right here.
And imagine the awe and the amazement this younger version of you would feel toward the you that you are now.
This younger version of you would be so shocked to know that you have accomplished that and that you navigated that.
And that you are where you are right now.
Allow your mind to visualize this younger version of you completely in awe.
Breathe in slow.
Let it go.
Listen to these words by Josie Belka.
She writes,
I don't think if given the chance I'd show the younger me where she ends up because I think she'd be too excited to enjoy all that happens between then and now and to take that away would be cruel.
All that comes is only because of all that was.
And I wouldn't want her to change a single thing.
If I showed younger me where we end up and I built her an interactive map I'm scared she'd be so proud that she'd try to find a shortcut,
Use different doors,
Take different turns,
Back herself into different corners in a clouded anticipation to be who we are now instead of who she is then.
If given the chance to sit across from the younger me in a McDonald's play place or on a swing at the park,
I know that she would feel safe and loved.
She would feel as though she had the perfect amount of space to be exactly who she is.
She could stand with her arms as wide as they go,
Spinning around and around and around,
And I'd never tell her to stop.
And while she did it,
I'd read her fairy tales about girls who were magic and whose lives turned out magnificently,
Even through hardship,
Because it's inevitable.
And I'd hope that she'd be able to hold onto that feeling until she finds me later.
I wouldn't have to find her though,
Because she never left.
She will always be a part of who I continue to become.
Like a house with good bones,
She's the foundation of both ordinary and extraordinary things.
She just doesn't know it yet.
I've known her forever and I've grown to love her,
And I don't know a lot of things,
But I know she would love me too.
She would sit right next to me and ask me to play Barbies with her,
And she would think I have it all figured out.
She would be wrong about that,
And so many other things in her life as it unfolds.
I've met many versions of myself,
And I've got many left to meet.
And each one morphs into the next,
But only one of them remains,
And it's her.
The most important piece of everything I am,
And I am so excited for her to find that out.
Breathe in slow.
Let it go.
The younger version of you would be so excited to see where you are now.
And this younger version of you is with you.
Feel this amazement rise within you.
Complete awe.
So many parts of your life have unfolded better than you could have dreamed of.
And so many parts of your life are still unfolding.
You will continue to be amazed.
You will continue to be surprised by joy.
May you trust the unfolding.
And may you celebrate where you are,
Just as the younger version of you would with so much excitement and awe and amazement.
Inhale slow.
Exhale slower.
Notice how it feels to be seen by this younger version of you.
Hold on to this visual for a moment longer.
Imagine this younger version of you whispering to you,
I am so proud of you.
Let this younger version of you deliver any message that you need to hear.
And now place your hands over your heart if that feels okay,
And whisper to yourself,
I am so proud of you.
Keep going.
You are on the right path.
I love you.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Whisper anything else you need to hear in this moment.
Allow yourself to really feel the power of this visualization.
Acknowledging all that you are.
Inhale slow.
Let it all go.
From my heart to yours.
