Tea with Future Me

I believe expansion is part of what it means to be human. There's something in us that always wants to grow a little bigger, see a little further, become a little more free. I feel it almost like a life-force - a flow of desire, inspiration, creativity, aliveness – moving through me when I let it.

Visioning my future self feels exactly like that. I love tuning into her – a version of me who is a little more expanded, a little more open, unburdened by the fears and struggles I'm still carrying now. Not a different person, just... more of who I already am, with less in the way.

I like to imagine stepping into her perspective completely. What does she choose today? What does she wear, what does she read, what does she eat? How does she spend her hours, and who is she spending them with? How does money flow to her? What does she desire, now that so much of what she once wanted has already arrived? What is she grateful for, and how deeply does she feel it? What does she appreciate about her life, about herself, about the people around her? What surrounds her – the rooms she's in, the light, the quiet?

There's an old saying – something like, if you want to understand someone, walk a while in her shoes. I think of it often when I do this. Not just imagining my future self from a distance, but actually stepping into her shoes for a little while, walking as her, feeling what she feels.

That's really what the Tea with Future Me meditation is for. A quiet cup of tea, a few still minutes, and an invitation to sit across from her – to feel, just for a while, what it's like to already be that version of yourself. And then, to ask: what can I do today, right now, that already matches that feeling?