(Transcribed from the audio so you can read or listen or read and listen!)
Hello, hello:)
I just wanted to take a moment here —
just a little pocket of quiet time.
I know you’re rushing to get to the next thing,
and yes, I am absolutely impeding your progress.
I’m not going to apologize for that.
Instead, I’m inviting you to just sit here with me.
For a couple of minutes.
No guided relaxation.
No meditation.
We’re not going to do anything.
We’re just going to hang.
Getting itchy yet?
Yeah… I get that.
It’s hard to sit still sometimes —
especially when the world feels like it’s going crazy
and Apple keeps changing the iOS on my phone.
So many things to figure out.
So many problems to solve.
Mine. Yours. The world’s.
…But maybe I don’t have to.
Maybe you don’t have to either.
What if — just for now —
we didn’t fix a single thing?
What if we just sat here and took three breaths?
(pause for breath)
Wow.
You have no idea how many times I wanted to break that silence.
But I didn’t.
Were you breathing too?
I’m glad I stayed quiet —
because now, I actually feel different.
The mechanics of that are real —
it’s the nervous system,
the stress response,
the breath.
I hear things differently now.
I see things differently.
I’m here.
So —
come back to this anytime you want.
Sit with me. Hang with me.
Maybe even make a habit out of it.
See what happens.
Do a little experiment.
Know that you are loved.
And until we breathe again…
Just be.
