Every day is a new beginning,
A new journey born from your yesterdays into today.
This journey does not require a map.
Instead,
You follow your own inner direction,
Your own knowing,
Your own guidance.
You can choose to be on your own and to remember each moment of your life as a choice you get to make.
For so long now,
You have been choosing,
Sometimes with deliberation,
Other times without conscious thought.
And now you can remember.
How long have you been feeling that you just need a safe place to go?
A place where you can curl up,
A place to call your own while leaving everything and everyone behind for just a brief moment in time.
I wonder if you could allow yourself to take just one step of a journey into the unknown for a long,
Awaited respite.
Can you let go of all that you have been holding on to so that you can rest as you move into this quiet space?
What if all you really needed to do to make this possible was to follow that path that is right in front of you?
Just one single step can put you on that path.
As you step forward,
The instant your foot touches the ground,
You sense that you are standing on the sacred ground.
And each step that follows takes you deeper into a beautiful setting,
A place that is so tranquil,
So serene,
Freeing you to not have to do anything at all.
And to just be you,
Just you committing to being present to yourself.
There is only one person to give to,
To care about,
To feel love,
Tenderness,
And even compassion.
That person is you.
It is important for you to give love and care to yourself,
To put yourself first in your life.
As you just love yourself,
Feel the layers of all that you have been carrying being lifted from you.
If it has been a person,
Let go of that person now and simply watch as an observer.
See that person now standing on his or her own two feet without you.
If there are many persons,
Then do this with each one or as a group.
Each time you let go of caregiving another,
Feel the release and relief washing over you.
Let go of the old messages that you are responsible and create the new message that it is good that your first responsibility is to you.
Allow yourself to embrace this new concept,
This new way of being right now.
Just watch as a gentle loving mother would,
As each person that you once felt the need to carry stands up strong and capable and willing to take on their own self-responsibility.
Be the mother bird that tenderly pushes its babies out of the nest so they can learn to fly.
Let go of your need to be needed,
Let go of your fears,
Let go of your illusions of control.
They are only illusions and distractions that keep you from your own self.
The more you let go of those others,
You can actually begin to feel yourself walking into the arms of your Earth Mother.
Feel her arms reaching out to you in her warm embrace and gentle,
Unconditional love.
Let yourself know that she is your first mother,
The greatest mother of all.
She supports the whole planet and all of her living creatures,
Including you and all that you have just released.
As you let go and fall into her arms,
Allow yourself to feel the depth of her inner strength and her love transforming your inner strength and love.
Feel her love as she holds you close,
Rocks you close to her heart,
Soothes you with her words and her gentleness.
Relax into her and feel all outer stress and inner emotions of sadness,
Anxiety,
Worry just melting away.
This is your sacred place just for you to be held and comforted.
You are here now,
Letting go of everything you once held onto,
And you fall ever so naturally into this soft,
Safe place,
This gentle mother's arms.
How long has it been since you have even allowed someone to hold you where you felt?
Only love,
You are safe,
You are free from over-feeling and over-thinking.
Only now,
You can absorb and take into yourself all this love.
Comfort,
Caring,
True compassion and understanding.
You are here to totally receive all these gifts being given to you.
The Earth Mother's tears wash over you like a warm bath,
Cleansing you in your hurt places and allowing you to release all the toxins,
Worries,
Concerns.
Grief to be washed from you.
A cleansing from the inside out and carrying with you now the knowledge of this safe place where you can return time and again.
Where you can once again be relieved,
Nourished and comforted.
As the light slowly fades,
You begin your return.
You embrace your Mother Earth.
And as you do,
You find yourself back on the path,
The one that led you into this sacred space,
The one now leading you back to the sound of my voice.
Your footsteps are so light from all that you have released,
From all the letting go of what once weighed you down.
Now you know from that deep place within you how strong you are.
That you are the keeper of your truths,
Dreams,
Visions,
Hopes and choices.
Embrace yourself as a vibrant and energetic creator that you truly are,
The keeper of your own soul.
Feel this energy moving in you in a new and positive way.
As you feel the love from the Mother,
Feel that love for yourself and feel yourself being bathed and refreshed as you begin each new day.
Loving self and standing strong.
Let the music carry you.
Let it help you to remember the love that you have within you.
And let it help you to remember that those you love have it within them to create their own daily life.
Trust in the magnificence of the free will that we have been given,
That you have been given as your greatest gift.
To make good,
Wise and loving choices.
And know that that will expand outward and that you are love.
