I want you to imagine that you are on a spectacular vacation to the beach.
You're there with your favorite people and maybe your family pet.
Whoever you want is there.
There's a really cool boardwalk.
You're walking in the sunshine laughing,
Feeling a warm breeze on your face.
And as you look to the left,
There's the ocean.
The waves crashing gently onto the sand and rolling back in to the beautiful sea.
To the right are shops.
You walk by one and you see several t-shirts and necklaces and fun beach items.
As you walk by another shop,
You peek in and see it's Italian ice.
You look up at the menu and you order your favorite flavor.
You grab the cup.
Take your plastic spoon and take a big giant bite.
You can taste it.
It's so delicious.
It's the perfect day.
You finish up your Italian ice and walk along the boardwalk.
You see a fun game you really want to play.
You and your favorite people go over and play some games.
You're laughing and having so much fun.
You even win a prize.
Imagine what that prize is and how it makes you feel to win.
You're walking along the boardwalk again and you see a ride,
Your favorite ride,
And you have plenty of tickets to go on as many times as you want.
You start to head over to the ride laughing,
Skipping.
You can't wait to go on.
You go on your favorite ride.
You put on your seatbelt.
Your favorite person is right next to you.
Wait for it to start and look around,
Thinking how lucky you are to be with your favorite people at your favorite carnival on the boardwalk and how good life is and how it should feel like this all of the time.
I want you to hold on to this feeling for a moment and realize you can create this moment in your mind.
This can be your life even when you're not truly on vacation.
I want you to hold on to this happy feeling for a moment.
Breathe it in.
This is a special,
Special place and you are a special,
Special person.
The ride starts and it goes round and round,
Maybe up and down depending on the ride.
Just feel the motion and you really let go of any worries,
Any negative negativity,
Any sad feelings,
Any anger.
They don't live inside of you when you're on this ride.
You are inside of happy feelings.
Breathe that in.
Smile and know you're always capable of finding these happy feelings.
You get off the ride excited to go on the Ferris wheel.
All of your favorite people come with you.
It's the biggest Ferris wheel you've ever seen.
You're first in line,
You get in your cart,
They start the ride.
Slowly go up and up and up higher and higher.
As you get toward the tippy top,
You can barely hear anything below you.
It's peaceful,
It's calm,
It's joy.
The ride stops for a moment up there.
You get to pause and sit in that joy,
In that calm feeling.
You look down at the people below you,
All the activity,
All the smiling faces,
All the excitement in the air,
And you too can feel it even from other people.
We're all connected in joy.
The ride starts again and slowly starts to go down and around.
It goes lower and lower and lower.
You've had such a full day of excitement.
You get off the ride and you're feeling a little sleepy.
You and your favorite people head to the actual beach.
You have your backpacks and you all get to the beach and pull out your towels to lay on.
It's not too hot.
It's the perfect warm weather with a little breeze.
It's the perfect day.
You all lay on your towels,
Slowly rubbing your sunscreen in so you have no worries.
You put on your sunglasses and you start to open a book,
Your favorite book.
You begin to read it,
But your eyes start getting very heavy.
You put your bookmark in and put it to the side and you lay there and decide you're just going to take a little cat nap on the beach.
You're so tired from this day.
You lay under the umbrella so your face is shaded from the sun.
You take a deep breath in and exhale.
Take another deep breath in through your nose and breathe out.
Feel the sun start at the top of your head.
You can feel the warmth and it slowly moves down to your forehead,
Over your eyes,
Your nose,
Your mouth,
Over your chin and your neck,
Down your shoulders,
Warming up your heart area.
Feel so nice.
Slowly goes down to your tummy,
Down your legs,
Your knees,
Your ankles,
Your feet.
You feel like you're wrapped up in a warm,
Fuzzy blanket and you sit here.
Your breathing calms.
The warmth surrounds you.
Your thoughts fade away into the air.
You're slowly escaping reality and surrendering to sleep,
The most peaceful sleep you've ever had on the best day ever.
