intervention of some sort depending on the issues at hand . No two sessions are alike so try to observe the underlying patterns rather than regarding the text as a script . ( My comments and reflections are in brackets ).
" Now .... Imagine yourself arriving into the future , where you find yourself standing on a beach , looking out over the ocean , and you are over 100 years old , maybe even 117 - according to the Bible 120 years is fully possible for us to become already over 2000 years ago - imagine ... if you have kids they are retired already ... and you may feel the warm sand under the soles of your feet ( kinesthetic ), hearing the waves ( auditive ) and maybe smelling that special characteristic of a beach ( olfactory ) as the sun shines in a beautiful way , like a sunset or a sunrise ( visual ) and as in a dream a wonderful spaceship can be coming to take you to the next stage of existence ... whatever that can be ...
( My sessions are packed with metaphors and humor , and I find that framing our last moment as being picked up by a spaceship takes the edge of dying for most , and 117 years usually widens their perspectives . As an observation very few people have decided on a specific age they would like to reach , except in Sweden , where the song " Happy Birthday " repeats the line " may you live until 100 years of age " which I find depressing in many making all birthdays after 50 a downhill count . At least for me , singing 150 improves the mood of any birthday .)
As you imagine standing there on the beach you may realize what life was truly all about , and that so many things you thought were important at the time are completely irrelevant now , in the future , as you are summing it up .... and the only way you will know for sure that you did the right things , made the right decisions , are content with your long life , is by the smile you can find on your face , as you think of everything , what kind of smile you want to have on your face , summing up a lifetime of good and bad , ups and downs , grief , joy , disease , love , disaster , work , darkness , light and ecstatic moments ... the kind of smile you would like to have when everything is over ...
( Here , that exact smile usually appears on the clients face ) yes , that ' s it , your body knows , because if you remember , before you