by Aadenn » January 14th, 2013, 11:01 pm
This is what I came up with today that I'm going to work with. I've created a few MP3s she listens to sometimes when I"m not around, and I will be incorporating this into one as well. Obviously this is for use after an induction and deepening:
[code:1]We’re going to go on a little adventure now, into the future... into your future... I want you to relax and imagine yourself floating in time... floating now above a wide, calm river that cuts its way through a lush valley. Your river is deep and wide, filled with so much gently moving water that it seems to flow effortlessly, without impedance. The river flows so gently forward that its surface doesn’t even ripple... you are floating on your own personal river of time, and you are about to look ahead.
Focus your attention forward now, ahead along the river, and as you focus your attention there, you move there, zipping ahead on the river instead of being carried along by it....
You have moved a few years into the future now, and as you look down at the surface of the water you can see yourself reflected in it. You are exiting one of the buildings on campus, it is a bright spring day, the air is still cool, but you seem very warm and happy... you have just finished your last exam of your last semester... you know you did well, and you now have all the credits you need to complete your degree... look at your face... look how proud you are.
The water ripples slightly and that image fades and you move ever so slightly forward along the river... Now you are looking at your final grade report and your degree status online... you can graduate. You are going to graduate with a bachelor’s degree and you know you have worked so hard for it, and the feeling of accomplishment is very powerful...
A little further ahead on the river you see yourself reflected again, exploring options for post graduate study, Master’s programs, law school, a career in academia, or perhaps even some other career you have yet to imagine....
You are so happy and proud of yourself in those images... that pride swells within you and you can feel it. You have felt it before when you have accomplished milestones, big and small. You have that big milestone to look forward to, and you know that your future self has faced each small chore or milestone with determination and resolve... you persevered. You can persevere and you will.
The vision of your future makes you proud, and you can see it so clearly. Focus on the images in the river and let them give you hope and strength. And each time a difficult or annoying task lies ahead of you, you can picture the smooth and steadily flowing surface of the river, unmarred by the obstacles that rise up in it’s path. Your perseverance is the river, and whatever the future holds, your river will slowly and steadily chew away at obstacles to forge the path you want to follow.
You can picture yourself in the calm water, and know that even if a mountain should rise up before you, your river will cut a path around or through it. You have the power of that river, and whenever you face difficulty or begin to feel helpless or hopeless, picture your vast river, and take strength from it to carry you toward your goals. And just as your river either overpowers or evades an obstacle, so too can you. When you picture your vast river eroding obstacles, picture yourself marking items off your to do list.
Relax now, and let yourself rest... let the river flow beneath you and let yourself float back to where you began, back to the present... back in the present now, you can look ahead without moving ahead... stretched out before you is the path of your river... cutting its way through valleys and plains, and into the distant horizon... You have much to look forward to, professionally, personally... remember your river when times get tough... remember your river when tasks seem onerous... and remember you have the strength to move forward.
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