Night Meditation

[Gabe]

Today's thought is:
Give us to go blithely on our business
this day, bring us to our resting beds weary and content and
undishonored, and grant us in the end the gift of sleep. --Robert Louis
Stevenson
Tonight, our reward for the day is sleep. To make sleep peaceful
and relaxing, and filled with pleasant thoughts, we can spend time
gently closing our minds to the day's events. We can walk down a
pleasant, nature-filled path in our minds. With each step we can move
farther away from the day's activities and the many tasks we did or
left undone. Look around us. We can see lakes and mountains and hear
the soothing sounds of a speeding stream. Nothing is important now
except peace of mind and the hours ahead in which our minds will be at
peace. Before we shut off the light we can spend a few minutes
visualizing our pleasant nature walks. We can think "Let Go and Let
God" and feel the day's tensions and pressures fall from our shoulders.
Today has been good. We can then close our eyes and let the reward of
sleep drift over us. My day has been good. I have done well. I am
satisfied and ready to let sleep overtake me.

You are reading from the book:
Night Light by Amy E. Dean
Copyright 1986, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation.