Invulnerable Today

The morning is nice and bright.

I wake up with the sun. The air is cool. The floor is under my feet. Noise waits at the edge of my thoughts, but today… I can’t be bothered at all.

I breathe quietly and say ~

I say it once in a normal voice.

“Today, I’m invulnerable and above all suffering!”

Then I say it again with everything I’ve got ~

“TODAY, I’M INVULNERABLE AND ABOVE ALL SUFFERING!”

My shoulders drop. My jaw unclenches. My hands open.

Nothing can touch me. I float above my life, the weather, the work, the bills, my mistakes, the disappointment, and other people.

I remember where I stand.

Pain has no claim over me. Discomfort does not get to lead me around by the wrist. I can feel something pass through me, and then I can just let it all go ~

I put on my shoes. I step outside. The morning is full and loud ~ tires on pavement, wind in the trees, a door closing somewhere down the block.

One step.

“Today, I am invulnerable.”

Another step.

“Today, I am above all suffering.”

Another.

“Today, I’m unstoppable!”

I do not hurry. I do not perform. I already made the decision.

What can stop me?

Not a mood.

Not a memory.

Not a hard look from someone passing by.

I am not asking the day to be gentle before I live it. I’m not waiting for perfect conditions. I’m not bargaining with the weather.

“Today, I am unstoppable!”

“TODAY, I AM UNSTOPPABLE!”

There is a difference between suffering and sensation.

Sensations come and go ~

Suffering happens when I identify with them.

Not today.

Above all suffering.

Today, I notice what I feel and keep walking. I don’t argue with pain. I don’t worry. I do not fear… because fear is a lie.

I breathe in and let the world keep all that ~

If my right arm hurts, then let it complain! As for me, I don’t complain. I’m on the throne, master of myself, king of me.

I’ll focus on myself today.

I won’t forget where I am.

I keep moving forward.

The road bends toward home. Sunlight catches in the wet grass and turns each blade into a small bright thing. Nothing mystical happens. No trumpet sounds. No doors open by themselves. Life is simpler than that.

I take the next step.

Then the next.

And the next.

By the time I reach the door, everything has changed. Or maybe I have. The floor is steady under my feet. The air feels warmer.

The little noise at the edge of my thoughts is gone, and I am at peace.

I say all three lines together ~

“Today, I am invulnerable.”

“Today, I am above all suffering.”

“Today, I am unstoppable!”

Today, I’m free. And I am so grateful for my life ~