Think about what it is you need to hear right now as Julie Potiker leads you through this guided meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, "A Short To-Do List for the Day", by Jessica Kantrowitz.

A Short To-Do List for the Day

Acknowledge that life is hard

and often painful

Notice that life is nevertheless

startlingly beautiful

Make are in some small way –

a poem a line of prose, a drawing, a song

Love yourself

the way you dream of being loved

Take care of someone else in some small way –

a call, a text, a prayer, a song.

by Jessica Kantrowitz, from her book, "Blessings for the Long Night, Poems and Meditations to Help you through Depression.

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