Maybe taking a few nice deep
in and out breaths.
Feeling the body, filling with air,
feeling the release,
the letting go.
No matter who we are or what our
experience in life has been,
It's just complex
and challenging
for all of us.
And as a result,
we carry many wounds.
And here
is this
radical
invitation
to meet and greet ourselves
just as we are
with all of the distractions,
all of the worries,
all of the anxieties,
all of the pain.
And have a moment where we can
put down any fight or argument
with just the existence
of these complexities.
And for just a moment, acknowledge,
validate,
of course, it's hard, of course, it's challenging.
And offer a breath,
a simple
breathing in and out.
One is full of the life energy
that is the gift
in the midst of this complexity.
It's always here
from the first breath we take,
that moment of our birth
to the last breath each one of us
will take
at the moment of our death.
And this radical
invitation
to set down the energy of go,
do, get done.
Instead, have room to
acknowledge
being
alive.
The breathing mystery of life,
and capacity
to feel,
to love,
to care,
to bring a wise, clear scene that has
no reason to judge
because it totally
already
understands.
We have our moments
where we feel into this opening.
And we have our moments where we hear
this opening,
maybe
don't so much feel it
in this moment now.
And isn't that also the radical invitation?
That's just
fine too.
Where we are is never a problem.
It's just where we are in this moment.
So we breathe in,
breathe out with this.
Offered
prayer
for meditation.
May I have compassion
and understanding for myself
just as I am.
May I have compassion
and understanding
for myself
just as I am.
What's a practice this morning that would be
useful for you?
Maybe a simple breath practice, which is never
a simple but simple breath.
There's the feeling, the dropping, the opening, the
releasing
into these moments of being alive, awake to
the breath.
And, of course, there's all the other stuff
our minds get snagged and caught up in.
All of it matters.
The moments of opening,
the moments of being lost,
the moments of opening
again
and finding our way back home
again.
There's no such thing as too many distractions
long as we are willing
to touch back home
as often as we can
with intention
and heart and nonjudging.
Maybe a practice this morning might be a
mantra practice. May I have compassion and understanding
for myself
just as I am?
Offering that over and over as often as
is useful for you
or some different phrasing of it that are
the right words.
A refuge for you right here, right now,
this morning, this body.
So whatever
practice you choose,
Allow it to be a path of love
and care and wisdom and grace
that already understands
all of the messiness
that is part of our unfolding
moments now.