"You'd like to relax, wouldn't you?
"Of course you would. That's what you came to me for. It's been such a long day. You're exhausted...and tired...and maybe just a little bit frustrated with such a long, tiring day...and all you want to do is relax. But some days, that's harder than it seems. You've had to keep yourself alert and awake and active for so long that it seems like you've forgotten how to relax. That's alright. That's what I'm here for.
"You need someone like me right now, someone who can show you the path that you've forgotten is there, the path to peace, to calm, to relaxation. You won't always need me, of course. There will be happy days, days when you find the path all on your own, when you can head to that wonderful, peaceful place in your head and just let all your cares and worries drift away...but when you need me, I'm here. I'm happy to help you relax. And you'll find that you'll be happy to relax with me.
"I want you to imagine the inside of your mind right now. Think of the way it must look in there. There's you, of course, the part of you that's listening to me right now. And there's me, the words I'm speaking, flowing into your head and keeping you company. And there's all those other things, the worries and the stresses and troubles and everything that's cluttering up your head, making the space in your mind cramped and keeping you from having it all to yourself. Let's do something about that, shall we?
"As I said, I'm in your head with you. I'm here with you to show you how to relax. We can start by looking at the space around us. As you look, you'll notice that the space in your mind, this space that you imagine...it doesn't have walls, does it? No, it just fades at the edges into a nice, peaceful white fog. If you walk up to the edge of the fog, you'll notice that it's not solid. You can put your hand into it. That's where things go when you're not thinking about them. Your mind is big, much bigger than what you're actually thinking about right now. Things that you don't need to think about just go into the fog, and they stay there, all warm and quiet until you need to get them out.
"I want you to imagine me picking up one of your worries. I'm going to pick up the biggest worry you have right now, the one that's too big for you to possibly lift by yourself. You can't lift it, but I'm here to help you, and I'm picking it up, and I'm putting it into the fog. It might be a worry about money, or a worry about friends, or a worry about work....but it doesn't matter what it is, because I'm taking it, and I'm putting it into the fog. And once it's there, you don't need to think about it at all. It's not gone, of course. When you need to think about it again, it'll be there. But you don't need to think about it right now. So it can stay there in the fog, and you don't need to think about it at all.