Hi and welcome to your meditation thinking about success.
You may find a comfortable seat or even lie down in a neutral position,
Maybe knees up facing the ceiling or leaning gentle towards one another.
And whatever feels right for you today you may close your eyes or soften your gaze.
Success is something which is often defined,
You find it everywhere especially in the hustle culture of the West.
I would like you to redefine success for you today,
To be open-minded and see what comes and where and how you feel it in your body.
I would like to guide you with a little poem.
Success.
For a long time you believed success lived somewhere out there,
Maybe in headlines,
In bank accounts and in applause.
But what if success is so much closer?
What if success means you like who you are?
With all your edges,
With all your questions and with all the parts of you that are still unfolding.
What if success means you like what you do?
Maybe not every single moment,
Not every task,
But the underlying tone of your life.
And what if success means you like how you do it?
How you speak,
How you set boundaries,
How you love and how you make decisions.
Success is not what others see in you.
Success is closing your eyes at night and being able to say I like who I am,
I like my life and I like the way I walk my path.
You are not too late,
You are not behind and you are not doing it wrong just because your path may look different to others.
You are only wrong in quotation marks if you keep living a life that no longer feels like yours.
So may take a breath,
Place a hand on your heart and one on your stomach and ask yourself quietly,
Do I like who I am right now?
Do I like what I am doing?
Do I like how I am walking my path?
If I know even the slide list appears somewhere,
This is not a failure.
See it as an invitation,
A gentle sign pointing you somewhere new.
You are allowed to redefine what success means to you today,
Here and now.
And perhaps success begins in the very moment,
The moment you decide to shape your life again in a way that you truly like.
Not perfect but real and that is more than enough.
Just see what comes and arises,
Breathing in a natural and soft way for yourself in this very moment.
And I would leave you here now but maybe you have a moment where you can just take a piece of paper and a pen and write one thing down for yourself,
Maybe one word which you would connect with success,
Success in your own terms.
I'm rooting for you and thank you for practicing with me today.
