Today is yours.
How long has it been since you have been able to go to your own special place?
A place just for you.
A beautiful place.
I wonder if you can imagine that place in your mind.
Perhaps it is somewhere that you have been before.
Maybe a warm,
Sandy beach.
Or a mountain meadow filled with brilliant wildflowers.
Or a deep pine forest.
Perhaps it is a lovely garden.
Or a tropical rainforest.
Wherever it is,
It is a place of deep significance.
Just for you.
Imagine yourself in this place on a gentle summer day.
The sky is blue and clear.
Not a cloud to be seen.
You can feel a gentle breeze on your skin and through your hair.
The temperature is just right for you to be perfectly comfortable.
You might hear the ocean waves.
Or a bubbling brook.
Or perhaps just deep silence.
The gentle song of birds,
The rustling of leaves are a waterfall in the distance.
You might even smell the scent of pine needles or roses that surround you in your garden.
Wherever you are.
In this time of quiet,
It is easy for you to let your thoughts just melt away.
Like chocolate in the sun.
Allowing you to take in the beauty of your surroundings.
The quiet peace that resides here.
And breathe that quiet peace into you.
Breathe deeply.
Let yourself feel your entire body and mind relaxing.
As everything else melts away.
I wonder if you would look around,
Wherever you are,
Until you can find a well-worn path.
And then see yourself or feel yourself standing just at the very edge of that path.
And then take a deep breath.
And gradually let one foot move forward.
Your other foot will just naturally follow.
You might even wonder where this path might take you.
But even in your wondering,
You feel safe and secure.
That it will only lead you deeper into even more of the beauty that you have already been experiencing.
Breathe in the music.
Take a deep inside of you.
Breathe in the beauty of your surroundings.
And let yourself feel gratitude for this quiet time that you are taking just for yourself.
A peaceful interlude from the busyness of your life.
You can feel your feet on this path,
Firm and strong.
And you know that right up ahead,
There is something for your eyes only.
You can feel the anticipation.
And you breathe deeply.
And as soon as you do,
You come up on a beautiful cascading waterfall.
The light pulsating through the falling water.
A myriad of soft pinks,
Sky blues and golden yellows.
Just by following your instincts,
You find yourself walking into the waterfall and standing beneath it.
And you can feel it washing away any residue of tension,
Anxiety or even your own thoughts.
You just are.
Letting this water wash over you and relaxing you in all the places,
Even where you once held tension.
And when you are ready,
Wrap yourself in a thick white towel.
Feel its soft texture against your bare skin.
And out into the distance,
You can see a boulder.
And you walk toward it.
And there is a place on that boulder where you find yourself sitting.
Just sitting there to just be.
You take in the sights and the sounds around you.
And you can still see the sun's reflections on the waterfall.
The sky above you,
Magnificent in its blue.
The field of wildflowers dazzling in brilliant colors of deep reds,
Velvety purples and the purest white.
Let yourself imagine that there are two of you.
The one who goes through the daily routines of work,
Home,
Family,
Friends.
But the other one,
The other you,
Watches and knows.
The you that is able to let go of what you do and just let yourself be quiet,
Alone,
Natural,
With nowhere to go and nothing to do.
This is your time now,
Only yours.
To be in this still,
Deep,
Relaxed place without a care in the world.
The more you move into this place of being,
Everything else fades away.
Until there is only you.
Breathe you in.
How long has it been?
How does it feel to receive for you that which you have given so freely and so lovingly to others?
How does it feel to be in this place of serenity and beauty?
To not have a care in the world?
All tension released and erased and only gentle relaxation in every part of who you are.
Physically,
Mentally,
Emotionally,
Spiritually.
Gently.
And you let that sense of well-being build in your heart and spread through your whole body from top to bottom.
You are filled with this loving light that fills every cell,
Every fiber.
All that is seen and unseen,
All that you are,
Touched by healing love.
And when you are ready,
You begin your journey back and you remember that there is always a place within you that you return to.
And you remember this journey of love that you have been on.
And you can return there for refreshment and sustenance to nourish you and to love you.
And as you take a deep breath,
You wind your way back,
All the way back to this present time.
Simply awakened and alert and remembering the place that you may always return.
