Visualize a place that's beautiful to you.

My mind is a powerful tool and always has been...I can transport myself to a beautiful place, or relive a pleasureable event just by closing my eyes and letting my mind take over...a deserted beach in Mexico today.....

I imagined myself laying on a boat out on the open sea, under the sun, with just a faint image of an island on the far horizon.

I imagined I was walking along a beach at sunset listening to soothing music.

I laid down sideways on the bed, locked the door to protect from kids and it felt great! I try to use this approach after I get home to reset myself and to be fully present with the kids and my wife. it definitely works.

I will do it later this evening using CD that I bought to help relief stress.

I did this on my dinner break at work. I ran some errands, then ate my sandwich in the car. Let my seat recline, and imagined I was napping in the clover bed under the walnut tree at my childhood home. The scents and humidity of that clover bed have never left my memory, even though it's been almost two decades since my family lived there. Totally relaxed me and put me in a better mood for hte last two hours of work.

I relaxed for a few minutes, closed my eyes and thought of the one place that I would have loved to be at that very moment. It put a smile on my face ... I think about that place a lot :)