A Meditation for New York Times Poll Readers

Breathe...

The New York Times has a poll that says Tump is beating Biden, but I am concentrating on being peaceful, happy, and free in this present moment.

I’m focusing on not focusing on the polls—any polls.
I’m taking deep breaths whenever I hear the name “Trump.”
I follow the breath as it begins, and feel my panic subside.
I know there will be other polls—(but I’m not focusing on them).

With each breath I displace the dark clouds gathering on cable news.

I mute the conversations about Biden turning his delegates free at the convention to nominate someone else, because I know what a cluster&@$! that would be…

I breathe some more when I get off track and read another poll,

Like a swing, my breath rises and falls,

Like polls. Which I am not thinking about.

Breathe…

I am staying in the here and now. I am watching less Morning Joe. I am not giving up on Trump going on trial before the election.

I know that “President Biden’s path to winning this race is pretty simple” and that Joe Biden has always been a “gaffe machine” but I am meditating, not thinking about politics.

(like how Trump can’t win with just his base… and Republicans have no escape from their calamitous position on abortion…and if the Supreme Court does deny Trump immunity, a trial will start at some point..)

I am not thinking about politics!
I let go of tension in my body and mind. I can’t stay this way from now till November.

I’m aware that thoughts of Donald Trump can cloud my brain. If there are new polls, I will not react to them. I notice them and let them go.

Breathe…

I will not let Donald Trump make me stupid. I won’t believe he really could get away with shooting someone on Fifth Avenue. I know things are getting worse for him by the day.

Breathe…

Exhale.