I recognize how much discomfort I am experiencing.
I choose to pause the cycle of suffering, and feel the gentle breath of my heart.
I offer compassion to myself, and stay with the felt sense of my own suffering.
I notice the current of fear passing by, like a cold wind brushing through the winter streets, and I let this storm pass by, without grasping or pushing away.
I remember that all of us are afraid and that all of us want to be free.
Just as I am committed to waking up and finding freedom, I include the well-being and freedom of all in my care.
May all beings, humans and animals, be released from fear and trepidation. May we be happy and free.
I ground myself in the sensation of breath, in the flow of life that connects us all.