This is Episode 1284, welcome to the Daily Guided Meditation.

How are you doing today?

We continue along with our special quest this week, which is a quiet quest.

As the rush of the holiday season is in full gear.

This is a valuable time to engage yourself in a little stillness,

to actually hear your own thoughts as you remain quiet and still when you meditate.

You can do your quiet quest whether you're meditating or not,

even in the midst of a crowd you can take a few moments to disengage your attention

from the distractions around you and to tap into your inner stillness with an affirmation.

An affirmation is a way you can focus your thoughts on your intention

and with your intention this week focused on quiet.

Your affirmation will help you to capture a sense of quiet and stillness.

So as you settle yourself in to your meditation today, you calm your mind and your body.

Think about how you want to feel.

Not how you are possibly feeling on someone else's agenda.

Maybe you're involved in a big trauma outside yourself,

or maybe others' emotions are starting to influence how you feel.

Gently guide yourself back to how you want to feel.

And when you think about how you want to feel, this is really an indication of what you're thinking

because your thoughts create your actions which create your emotional response to triggers as you go about your days.

So what are the thoughts that will help you to feel the way you want to feel?

When you allow yourself to sink into your inner stillness,

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