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Speaker 1: Approchie production. Good morning. I'm Jennifer Cray, host of your

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Speaker 1: morning Mantra. Sometimes we're faced with a choice to be

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Speaker 1: right or to be kind. Today's meditation is about letting

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Speaker 1: go of the need to win and instead choosing connection

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Speaker 1: and understanding. Your morning mantra, I choose kindness over being right.

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Speaker 2: Let's begin, if it's safe to do so, close your

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Speaker 2: eyes or lower your gaze. Relax your eye, relax your ears,

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Speaker 2: relax your jaw, relax your shoulders down, and bring your

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Speaker 2: attention to your breath.

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Speaker 1: Drawing your breath to the space between your eyebrows. Think

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Speaker 1: of a recent disagreement or moment of tension. Feel the

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Speaker 1: pull to prove your point, to be heard, to be right. Now,

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Speaker 1: imagine what happens when you let that needs soften. You

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Speaker 1: choose kindness. You choose understanding. You choose to see it

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Speaker 1: from the other person's perspective. Being right feeds our ego,

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Speaker 1: but being kind nourishes the heart ours and theirs. Having

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Speaker 1: loving and caring relationships is more important than having the

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Speaker 1: last word or being righteous. Others don't remember who is right,

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Speaker 1: They remember how they felt. Today's mantra, I choose kindness

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Speaker 1: over being right. Repeat to yourself, either out loud or

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Speaker 1: in your mind. I choose kindness over being right, bringing

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Speaker 1: your awareness back to your breath, breathing in and out

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Speaker 1: of your heart space. May you be happy, may you

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Speaker 1: be well, May you be free from stress, worry, fear,

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Speaker 1: and anxiety. And may your whole life be truly blessed.

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Speaker 1: Bringing your awareness back to the space around you and

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Speaker 1: slowly opening your eyes to increase self awareness and growth,

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Speaker 1: I invite you to listen to this evening's reflection. You

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Speaker 1: can also deepen your practice with me on Inside Timer

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Speaker 1: find the link below. In the show notes,