JOIN MEMORIES WITH REALITY
JOIN MEMORIES WITH REALITY
BY SHAYLYN TROXEL
Taking a trip with me only requires a little bit of quiet and a still place to sit or lie down. Now that you're comfortable. Close your eyes. Start by taking notice of how comfortable you are with the darkness behind your eyelids. In fact, you are so comfortable that you become acutely aware of the endless space in that darkness. Now, you are free to roam in that space. That space is yours and yours alone. No one can travel behind your eyes but you. Here's the best part … You trust yourself completely right now. You have never been more comfortable in your own skin.
Now, imagine that you are feather light. Yes, floating in that vast darkness. You can travel to the right or the left, up or down. You can fly like a plane, or drift with a breeze. It's up to you; but your direction is going to take you to your most cherished memory. Be excited! The details you can recall right now are limitless. In fact, you can taste the foods, and they’re richer. You can actually feel the materials that you touch. You can smell the smells surrounding you, and they are so welcoming. Now imagine you open your eyes in this memory. Where are you? Who are you with? Shhhhhh ... don't speak ... just listen … What do you hear? How sweet is that voice?
Oh, how you have longed to hear it again. What are you wearing? How does it feel? What makes this so special for you? If you could put a name on what you’re feeling what would it be: paradise, contentment, harmony, exhilaration, serenity, love, adoration, victory, liberation, confidence, intimacy, self-worth? Now bask in that feeling. Let it overtake all your senses. Rehear those long-lost words, take a moment to appreciate what made this memory so very dear to you. Allow yourself to store the smallest detail. Recall the surrounding atmosphere and save those things. In fact, add something new. A new photo, a new outcome, a new token that you have taken the time to visit your happiness.
Now congratulate yourself. You just joined your memories with your current reality, and it's time to travel back to the forefront of your eyes. You feel your memory fading before you open your eyes. That memory is becoming foggy, but you grab those memory threads and knot them around your heart and your soul … to sustain those feelings that made you who you are today. You are worth every bit of bliss this journey has given you, and before you open your eyes, promise yourself that you will communicate the positive energy you just received with someone else today. Because we are all worth it. All you can see now is the endless darkness behind your eyes, and you open them. | ST