Let Go of the Day: A Gentle Meditation for Deep Rest

let your shoulders drop down toward the bed feeling the quiet weight of your body where it rests tonight last night we began laying down the heavy burdens of the day and now it's time to let that good work finish itself in you the evening has settled sweet and still over south memphis the porch light is dark and nobody is asking a single thing from you now you made it through all the hours and all the noise sugar you don't have to carry it all before morning mhmm take a slow cool breath right down into the bottom of your chest

let that air flow back out into the room soft and easy like a long sigh at the end of choir rehearsal there's no rush to the next one none at all draw in the deep quiet that's waiting all around your bed hold it for a sweet still moment now release every word spoken today every errand run and every worry that tried to follow you through the door mhmm let the room hold your breath notice your forehead smoothing out like calm water under a porch rail let your eyes rest heavy behind their lids and let your jaw soften and unclench

your neck and your collarbone can loosen their hold now letting go of the tension from the midday sun mhmm feel your hands resting against the sheets palms open and empty because they don't have to carry a single load tonight let your hips sink deeper into the mattress heavy and warm let that softness travel down through your knees down into your ankles all the way to the soles of your feet that walked you through this long day there is such a grace in this stillness

you don't have to figure anything out in the dark baby the good lord has tomorrow already kept and cared for so you can lay down the ledger and close the book let your thoughts drift away like dust motes in the evening light nothing to answer nothing to prove rest and ride here in the quiet space beneath the thinking sleep is waiting to meet you kind keep this gentle stillness in your chest as you drift off into the dark

you're safe and you're held rest deep honey let the peace hold you all night long good night baby