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Speaker 1: Approache production. Hi. I'm Jennifer Cray, host of your Morning Mantra.

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Speaker 1: Today's meditation explores self worth and the power of choosing

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Speaker 1: ourselves before we wait for the world to choose us.

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Speaker 1: Your morning mantra, I choose myself. Let's begin, if it's

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Speaker 1: safe to do so.

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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.

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Speaker 1: Down, and bring your attention to your breath, drawing your

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Speaker 1: breath down into your heart. Some of us may live

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Speaker 1: in waiting, waiting to be chosen, waiting to be noticed,

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Speaker 1: waiting to be invited, waiting to be valued. While we

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Speaker 1: wait for others to initiate or confirm our belonging, our

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Speaker 1: power and sense of self leaks. Other people's approval is temporary,

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Speaker 1: their validation unreliable. Actively choosing and loving ourselves takes our

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Speaker 1: worth off the table and puts it back in our pocket.

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Speaker 1: Choosing ourselves means we stop explaining our needs to people

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Speaker 1: who are committed to misunderstanding and abusing. Choosing ourselves means

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Speaker 1: we stop prioritizing other people's comfort over our own. To

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Speaker 1: choose ourselves is not selfish in this perspective, it is

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Speaker 1: self respect protective. Where are you waiting? Where have you

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Speaker 1: been holding back on revealing your true self? What does

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Speaker 1: it look like when you're choosing yourself? Today's mantra, I

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Speaker 1: choose myself. Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in

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Speaker 1: your mind. I choose myself. Bringing your awareness back to

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Speaker 1: your breath, breathing in and out of your heart space.

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Speaker 1: May you be happy, May you be well, May you

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Speaker 1: be free from stress, worry, fear, and anxiety, and may

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Speaker 1: your whole life be truly blessed. Bringing your awareness back

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Speaker 1: to the space around you and slowly opening your eyes

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Speaker 1: to increase self awareness and growth. I invite you to

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Speaker 1: listen to this evening's reflection. You can also deepen your

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Speaker 1: practice with me on inside Timer find the link below.

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Speaker 1: In the show notes