Mantra for Returning to Yourself

I return to the breath before the answer.

I return to the body before the performance.

I return to what is true before what is impressive.

I release the need to solve every future at once.

I release the voices that confuse urgency with importance.

I release the belief that rest makes me less committed.

I gather my attention from every room where I left it seeking approval.

I gather my voice from every conversation where I swallowed it.

I gather my tenderness from every place that treated it as weakness.

I stand where my feet are.

I breathe the air that is here.

I choose the task that belongs to this moment.

What is mine, I will meet.

What is not mine, I will not carry.

What is finished, I will bless and release.

What is beginning, I will approach without demanding certainty.

I return to myself without punishment.

I return without needing to explain why I wandered.

I return as many times as necessary.

I am not lost simply because I need directions.

I am not failing simply because I need rest.

I am not behind simply because my path is not visible to others.

I return to the breath.

I return to the body.

I return to the truth.

I return.