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Speaker 1: Approach production. Good morning, I'm Jennifer Cray, host of Your

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Speaker 1: Morning Mantra. Today's meditation explores expectation and how disappointment often

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Speaker 1: begins with who we appoint to meet our needs. Your

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Speaker 1: Morning Mantra, I choose wisely who I appoint in my expectations.

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Speaker 2: Close your eyes or lower your gaze. Relax your eyes,

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Speaker 2: Relax your ears, relax your jaw, relax your shoulders down,

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Speaker 2: and bring your attention to your breath. Allow the events

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Speaker 2: of your day to run through your mind from when

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Speaker 2: you woke up to this very moment, drawing your breath

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Speaker 2: down into your heart. When we feel disappointed, it is

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Speaker 2: helpful to pay attention to this feeling.

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Speaker 1: And the meaning behind it. In order to feel disappointed,

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Speaker 1: we need to appoint. This means that we have assigned

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Speaker 1: someone to a task, or we've had an expectation of

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Speaker 1: how something was to occur. In these moments, we have

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Speaker 1: placed expectation based on past experiences, past outcomes, or our

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Speaker 1: preference of how we'd like life to occur. It's in

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Speaker 1: these moments that we aren't living in the present, not

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Speaker 1: open to life's unfolding. Let's consider our placed expectations where

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Speaker 1: we have appointed. How can we let go of the

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Speaker 1: outcomes and the expectations?

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Speaker 2: How can we.

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Speaker 1: Live more presently, enjoying the journey, finding more joy and freedom.

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Speaker 1: Today's mantra, I choose wisely who I appoint in my expectations.

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Speaker 1: Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in your mind.

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Speaker 1: I choose wisely who I appoint in my expectations. What

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Speaker 1: can you learn from this?

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Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 1: Think of three things that happened today that you can

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Speaker 1: be grateful for.

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Speaker 2: Say thank you, and then let go, releasing the day

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Speaker 2: and all thoughts that came with it. Calling your energy

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Speaker 2: back to this moment, bringing your attention to your breath,

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Speaker 2: breathing in and out of your nose, drawing your breath

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Speaker 2: down into your belly, where there are no thoughts at all.

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Speaker 2: See you tomorrow for your morning mantra. You can also

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Speaker 2: deepen your practice with me on Inside tim or find

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Speaker 2: the link and the show notes below