If you feel sad,
Tired,
Sick,
Angry,
Discouraged,
Lost.
If you can't get up in the morning and can't sleep at night because there are so many thoughts that just won't go away.
If you feel like you are unable to take any more pressure or pain,
Sit down with me,
Close your eyes and breathe.
Just breathe.
It's all you need to do right now.
You are hurting.
Maybe nobody can understand your suffering.
Maybe you wish someone did,
But you are still here,
Breathing.
You are bending,
Not breaking.
Sit down with me and let go.
Let go of everything,
Cry if you need to.
It's okay to be sad or exhausted or mad at the whole world.
You are not broken.
You are human.
It's okay to bend.
Flexibility is power,
Use it,
Bend even more.
And you will see there is nothing to be afraid of.
We think we know our own limits,
But we never do until we are in the dark,
So deep.
And then we go back up.
We always go back up,
Because life is a cycle,
Ever flowing.
Everything has a starting point,
A middle and an end,
Like the breath.
Your body knows when to breathe.
You don't need to think about it.
It's okay if you need more time.
Nobody owns your time.
Nobody owns your thoughts.
Nobody owns your energy.
Nobody owns your life.
Nobody but you.
As we are all here,
You,
Me and all the people who are hurting,
Keep breathing and in your mind's eye,
Visualize an ugly bag,
The kind of bag that doesn't belong in your environment.
It's really ugly and it stinks.
Put what is bringing you down in that bag,
All of it.
From your past,
Your present,
All the stuff you don't want to carry into the future.
There is enough space in that stinking ugly bag.
It will become bigger if it needs to.
This bag can take all of what must go.
Take a moment and observe how it makes you feel to drop everything that has been weighing on your shoulders into that big ugly stinking bag.
You can control everything that is going on in your head.
How amazing is that?
How powerful is your mind?
Once you are done with the cleaning,
You notice there is a cord around the top of the bag.
The cord is very thick.
It has rough texture.
Feel it on the palms of your hands as you tie a strong knot with it.
Stronger.
What is in there must be kept away for good.
Perfect.
Now pick up the bag and put it on your shoulder.
It's heavy.
The bad stuff inside it is moving,
But it's trapped.
Go down the stairs.
Feel the bag on your back.
Now open the door and walk to the garbage bin.
Once you are there,
Open it and throw the bag inside.
Look at the lid of the bin closing and dust off your hands.
Do you realize what you just did?
Can you feel how when you thought there was not a drop of energy left in your body,
You were still strong enough to carry that huge stinking bag out of your space?
You can make it out of the darkness.
And you will.
This freaking ugly stinking bag will always be at your disposal.
Remember,
You are so much stronger than you think.
You own your time.
You own your thoughts.
You own your energy.
You own your life.
Please be kind to yourself and keep moving forward.
Move forward until you see the light again.
Much love to you,
My friend.
Namaste.
