Quieting The Mind

I will spend 5 minutes when I wake up to quiet my mind. Since thoughts will creep in my mind, I will focus on a place that is calming and is a place of beauty to me. My calming place has beautiful alpine flowers on the ground, a large rock to lean my body against, a small stream, a sea of mountains in the horizon ,and billowy clouds in the sun filled sky. I will take myself to my sacred place and enjoy the scenery, feel the sun on my face, the gentle breeze through my hair, and enjoy the calmness it is bringing to the start of my beautiful day.