OK, I'm off to whisk up some seasonal winter magic and create a very special Babeland place that we can all retreat to. Are you ready?
Babeland is a wonderful, magical place. It is sparkling and frosty but it doesn't feel cold. It is still and starlit and there are some flakes of snow falling gently. It is peaceful. If you listen, you may be able to hear some music. It may sound like choirs of angels, it may sound like the best rock music ever, it may sound like your favourite winter songs, it may sound like children laughing, or it may just sound like the peaceful silence of a winter evening. You can choose, whatever makes you feel calm, happy, invigorated and good.
In the middle of babeland is a place that you can go, however you are feeling. It has the rich deep smell of a wonderful log fire, you can feel the gentle warmth and hear the logs crackling. Your gaze is drawn to flames flickering gently and your mind is captivated totally by the colours - red, yellow, orange, ochre, white, purple, blue, green, turquoise, crimson, gold - you can see them all. And as you look at the amazing colours you can feel you shoulders relaxing, the tension leaving your neck, and you sigh and feel calm.
You may not be able to see them, but you sense that all around you are other like-minded people. Other people from babeland who know you without asking questions, who understand your frustrations without you having to bare your soul, people who are happy simply to be here alongside you. You do not need to know their names, you do not have to ask for permission to join, or ask for their support. Whatever you need most they can give, maybe cheerful chatty giggling companionship, maybe a hug, maybe some insipration, maybe some quiet space for your own thoughts.
There is a bowl of the most nourishing food you could ever imaging. Like a comfort blanket for your body. Yet delightfully light and refreshing too. As you imagine taking it into your body, you can almost feel it repairing your cells, making your eyes bright and your skin glow. Adding nourishment without weight, giving gentle energy, and leaving you feeling replete and satisfied, and maybe even a little sleepy.
From this warm place you can see your own home, and it is like looking into a beautiful story. Magically you can see all the good things, the shared fun, the familiar objects, the people you love. It is almost as if the magic of babeland has cast a glow over your own life and has brightened all the good things in it and dimmed down the colours of all the rest, so that for a moment all you can see is the comfort, familiarity, excitement and happiness. When you see it in that light, you know how you can live there peacefully.
And the great thing about babeland, is that once you've created it, it is a magical place in your mind that you can conjure up whenever you need it, whenever you want to visit. Come on in.