Hello,
My name is Natalie and I'm a meditation and mindfulness teacher.
I want to share with you a beautiful and inspiring story about reaching your potential.
I would recommend listening to this story right before bed as that is the perfect time to fill your mind with all of the possibilities for the day ahead.
The story is called Maybe and it is written by Kobi Yamada.
This story is a personal favourite of mine as I love helping kids and grown ups see that just maybe they can achieve their desired goals.
Before we get started,
I want you to make sure you are nice and comfortable.
Let all those wriggles out from the day.
Allow yourself to soften into your mattress.
Allow your head to be nice and heavy on your pillow.
And when you are ready,
Take a nice deep breath in through the nose and then let in that great big breath out through the mouth.
And you are now ready to simply listen and be with the words of this story.
Maybe written by Kobi Yamada.
Have you ever wondered why you are here?
You are the only you there ever has been or ever will be.
You have so much to offer.
Maybe you will invent something that no one has ever seen before.
Maybe you will build things that reach high into the sky.
Your life is yours.
Try as many things as you can.
See as much as you can see.
Wherever you go,
Take your hopes,
Pack your dreams and never forget,
It is on journeys that discoveries are made.
Maybe you will help others to see the beauty in each day.
Or maybe you will lift the cheering crowds onto their feet.
Do everything with love.
Follow your heart and see where it leads you.
Maybe you are here to shine a light in places that have been dark for far too long.
Maybe you will speak up for those who can't speak for themselves.
Maybe you are here to help in ways that only you can.
There will be struggles.
There will be fears.
And it won't always be easy.
At times it will feel really hard.
And you might make a mess of things.
You may fall down.
You may fail.
But you will also get back up.
And you will rise a little stronger and a little taller.
Because there really is more inside you than you know.
And this world needs your gifts,
Your talents,
Your big ideas.
And maybe you are just getting started.
What if you are only scratching the surface of what you can do and who you can be?
What if you have talents you haven't discovered yet?
There is something powerful,
Even magical about you.
You already have done everything it takes to do big things.
Maybe you have no idea just how good you really can be.
And you don't know how much you matter.
But maybe,
Just maybe,
The world has been waiting centuries for someone exactly like you.
One thing is for sure,
You are here.
And because you are here,
Anything is possible.
