Welcome,
My name is Melanie Kiss and I am a professional certified NLP coach and here to guide you during this meditation.
I invite you to close your eyes and relax the body.
Maybe take a couple of slow deep breaths and softening any tension you may have around your shoulders,
Your belly,
Your face.
Today I am bringing a meditation that focuses on introspection,
Self-reflection.
A moment that can bring you to dig a bit deeper into your inner self.
Maybe even bring out your inner child.
An awakening moment.
And so,
Let's begin.
Don't ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
This is a quote from Howard Thurman.
And so,
I invite you once again to become aware of any feelings and sensations,
Thoughts or images that might come during this moment of reflection.
Don't ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Let the words in this quote sit with you for a moment.
Don't ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Throughout the meditation,
Throughout your day,
Even days to come,
You might think of this quote and feelings and thoughts,
Even images might pop up as you reflect on the words.
And so,
What is it that you notice?
What makes you come alive?
And what can you do with that?
Or what will you do with that?
And so,
Ask yourself,
What makes me come alive?
What are the times when I feel most vivid and energized and engaged?
What patterns emerge when I look at the times or circumstances that my unique gifts shine through?
What are those patterns?
Our passionate responses to life are like a string of shining lights guiding us home to ourselves,
Into deeper meaning.
These lights are the talents,
Perspectives,
And gifts that long to be expressed through us for the world.
And so,
Now is the time to ask yourself,
What makes me come alive?
And what can I do with that?
We're often guided to try to find our bliss and to follow that.
What following this directive can be like chasing sunshine or the stars.
It is often more clear to us what is meant for us or what makes us come alive when we are in the moment.
So what is the pattern of these circumstances that really light us up from the inside that makes us shine?
Remembering that the world doesn't need us to do specific things.
What the world needs is people who come alive.
And so I want to share a short poem with you for more self-reflection.
The river is famous to the fish.
The loud voice is famous to silence which knew it would inherit the earth before anybody said so.
The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds.
Watching him from the birdhouse,
The tear is famous briefly to the cheek.
The idea you carry close to your bosom is famous to your bosom.
The boot is famous to the earth,
More famous than the dress shoe which is famous only to the floors.
The bent photograph is famous to the one who carries it and not at all famous to the one who is pictured.
I want to be famous to shuffling men who smile while crossing streets,
Sticky children in grocery lines.
Famous as the one who smiled back.
I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous or a buttonhole.
Not because it did anything spectacular but because it never forgot what it could do.
So what can you do?
Can you remember what you could do?
What makes you come alive?
What makes you come alive?
Remembering not to ask what the world needs but to ask what makes you come alive.
And to remember that.
And to go out and do that because what the world needs is you to come alive.
