This is where we begin.

Breathe.
Breathe again.
Smile.
Relax.
Arrive
Where you are.
Be natural.
Open to effortlessness,
To being
Rather than doing.
Drop everything.
Let go.
Enjoy for a moment
This marvelous joy of meditation.

-- Lama Surya Das
(Awakening the Buddha p. 21-22)