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Judgment

If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter, for always there will greater and lesser persons than yourself. – Max Ehrmann We are all quick to pass judgment on the world, on others, and on ourselves. Some times it seems the world is so critical, cold, and cruel. Some times we are especially critical of ourselves. Some times in yoga class I find individuals struggle with the ability to simply release themselves from their self conscious ways and be present and aware. More…

Connect and Grow

I feel the need of relationships and friendship, of affection; of friendly intercourse…I cannot miss these things without feeling, as does any other intelligent man, a void and a deep need. --Vincent van Gogh More…

In the Moment

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. – Arthur Schopenhauer More…

Coming Back

I cannot do everything, but I still can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do. – Edward Everett Hale More…

One Step at a Time

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. – Isak Dinesen Coming back from an injury, sickness, stress, or major set back can seem like a monumental task. As we inch back, step by step it can seem like we will never be able to feel good again. But instead of focusing on how far we have to go it is best to try and focus on how far we have come. The road to wisdom is a journey of one step in front of the other. Slowly we learn to appreciate the movement of our bodies and the spaciousness of our minds. More…

Fear Not

Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of all men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness, and death. – Joshua Loth Lieberman I woke up today with a sense of fear. I must go to the doctor today for the pathology reports from my cancer operation. I feel a sense of nervousness about not knowing and at the same time wish I could just brush this all away and go on with my life.  Fear is a might force that can destroy the very foundation of your soul. More…

Thankful

God gave you 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say, “thank you”? –William A. Ward It is often times not until we can’t do something that we begin to appreciate what we can do. When you can not get up and out of bed life seems difficult. Then when you are able to get up and take a simple walk there is sense of gratitude.  We give thanks for the simple things in life. The ability to make the body move is what gives us the power to live and experience the wonders of life. The breath is the ultimate power. Without the breath life ends. In yoga the breath is referred to as the “kiss of life”. More…

Silver Linings

Too many people miss the silver linings because they are expecting gold. – Maurice Setter I am one week post major surgery for a radical hysterectomy. I was diagnosed with cancer. I am on the couch unable to move. I am fifty-five and this is the first time in my life I have been down. With the body unable to move the mind has lots of time to think. I have cancer, I had a radical hysterectomy, I am thrown into menopause…where is the silver lining in this cloud? More…

Peace of Mind

I am writing this blog before my surgery to post after my surgery because I know I won’t be able to write this after I come home from the hospital. So… More…

Courage

To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be afraid. – John Cage More…