Kevin
Let's take a moment to pause and to listen to a celebration meditation adapted from Heidi Coker.
Every day there are opportunities for celebration, many victories like making a perfect cup of coffee or tea, the sunlight coming through the window that creates a prism on your table or counter. Some days getting out of bed is a victory in itself.
How about your car starting without any problems? There are victories to be celebrated all around us and typically we let them pass by. We take for granted all the many miracles that we are gifted every day.
You taking time to listen to this meditation is a victory. You and I breathing together is a perfect reason for celebration. They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and maybe the same is true about victory and celebration.
The more we can rejoice about what is going well for us the more we will find. Five minutes of quiet time is a victory so let's have a celebration right now. Let us sit victoriously finding a comfortable position.
Let's close our eyes and I invite you to visualize someone putting a gold medal around your neck. Put a large smile on your face and pretend like someone is handing you a trophy. Putting both hands and arms up in the air, raising the trophy above your head.
You've won and take those hands and fingers, open them up nice and wide. Your chin is high. Your chest is expanded, bask in the moment of joy, take it all in, you've won.
Let us celebrate your victory. Keeping those arms up in the air, take it all in. Take a deep breath in and sigh with satisfaction.
You've done it. And as you slowly lower your arms, acknowledge your accomplishment of sitting here in presence. Let your hands come all the way down and rest them lightly in your lap. You are victorious and this breath is cause for celebration.
Let's celebrate our many wins all day and every day. May you go out into the world feeling victorious and find many reasons for celebration. Amen.
