This meditation led by Julie Potiker might be just what you need today. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Imaginal Cells", by James Crews.
(This version ends with music so you can drift off into sleep.)
Imaginal Cells, by James Crews
Like caterpillars born with imaginal cells
that know how to become a thing with wings,
we too carry a dream inside ourselves
of a different, better world. There will be
struggle, yes, as we claw our way out of
a chrysalis that can no longer keep us trapped,
as we give the heart room to breathe, space
to seek the nectar of flowers, and the nectar
of mud and dung alike, feeding on darkness
when darkness is all there is. If we can
imagine a body that breaks free of its own
container, if we can envision a place where
everyone feels safe and welcome, then we can
become anything. Perhaps it begins
with a small yes stirring in a cluster of cells,
and the trust that this—whatever this might be
is never the end of the story.
-James Crews
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