This is a story and you're welcome to listen to it while you sit down or you're laying on your bed.
You can close your eyes and imagine yourself walking slowly on the coast of an Italian town.
You hear the city in the background,
It's the blue hour.
Just after sunset you're enjoying your walk,
Every step.
You hear the ocean crashing on the rocks and far away you notice a little beach.
So you decide to walk there,
You don't have any destination in mind,
You're just roaming freely,
You're enjoying the views,
The tranquility of the town,
The atmosphere in the air,
You're feeling good.
Whenever you reach the beach you take off your shoes and you walk in the sand.
How does it feel?
It's massaging your feet,
It feels good,
It's warm still from the sun.
You go closer to the water,
You hear every wave crashing on the shore,
You feel alive,
You take deep breaths,
You embrace this moment.
You then decide to jump in the water,
Slowly.
First the feet,
The water feels cold but it's not freezing.
Then you go with the shin,
Then gently you go up to the belly and you take your time to get used to the temperature which is cold but it's nice.
It feels good,
Like you're meant to be there.
You enjoy the current,
Each wave,
You dance with it and move with the ocean and you're now finally ready to go in fully.
You don't really know why but you feel called to start swimming,
Swimming far away from the city.
You swim very hard and then whenever you're tired you can rest.
You're afloat,
The ocean is with each wave making you feel softies.
There's no fear here but you feel a bit tired and you decide to keep going far.
You don't know why you're called to go to this direction further away from the city.
So you keep going and after a while you notice in the distance a little island and you decide to swim towards the island,
Even if it's far.
You're like,
I can do this.
You're very tired but at one point you make it,
You make it to the shore and the ocean kind of like pushes you to the sand.
You feel extremely tired but you feel like you reached a destination you had to reach.
You don't know why but you are in the place you're meant to be.
So you sit on the beach,
Look over the ocean and rest.
You feel good but you're not sure how you're gonna go back.
You feel scared you feel scared,
The fear of not making it.
You don't know how you can swim all the way back.
You try to recover some energies by resting but the fear of not making it back stays.
So you decide to just let go and rest and stay calm.
After a while you hear behind you some sounds.
Someone is walking towards you.
You turn around and you see someone who's looking exactly like you and you are surprised.
You start asking questions to this one.
This one doesn't reply.
He is still there looking at you.
He puts one hand on his heart,
Closes his eyes and puts one hand on your heart.
You're scared.
A lot of fears.
The fear of not making it back and the fear of this stranger who's looking like you.
You don't know if you can trust him but with this hand on your heart he's giving you so much energy.
He's making you feel alive again.
You smile and understand that you can be safe.
That this person is part of you.
It's part of your soul.
It's the courage that you were missing.
And after a few minutes this figure disappears.
It's now inside your heart and it will never leave.
You look over,
Turn around to the ocean if you like and then take a big breath and you get into the water.
The water is not cold anymore so you can just move in without obstacle.
You go in the water,
You feel great.
You feel like you were just reborn.
You feel like nothing can bother you or block you.
So you start swimming again,
This time towards the city.
It takes no time for you to reach the city.
Whenever you make it to the shore you don't feel tired and you are surprised.
You look over the ocean,
You're like this is not possible but here I am.
So you put your hands on your heart,
You close your eyes and you're like I'm so grateful I'm so grateful for myself,
For the courage,
The strength,
For being fierce,
For not giving up for not giving up and for loving life.
You let go of yourself and you lay down on the beach looking at the stars and the moon and you feel part of the whole.
You let go every thought and you gently fall asleep.
Thank you everybody for listening.
I hope you enjoyed.
See you in the next one
