In This Moment, I Am Safe and I Have All That I Need
In this moment, I am safe and I have all that I need. There are two statements, repeated as chants, prayers, or mantras, that have helped me through significant times of trouble, hardship, and anxiety. The first one is: In this moment, I am safe and I have all that I need. I have taken this mantra from mild annoyance in traffic to sheer terror waiting for the anesthesia to kick in ahead of cancer surgery and everything in between. In this moment, I am safe and I have all that I need. It can be hard, in times like these, where there is a perceived need to buy 24 jumbo packs of toilet paper and ten bags of flour, to feel like we have all that we need. But, truly, from moment to moment, if I check in, I find - most times - that I am already full, already abundant, already bountiful. Sometimes, like now, under advice to maintain social distancing, in the house that I share with my spouse, my dog, and my three children, I add on to this phrase: In thi...