I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. — Martha Washington
So, this weekend is the culmination of the year long yoga lifestyle program. After “graduation” on Sunday, the class will progress into the year Teacher’s Training program. But before the chai tea is popped, we have the big, final, sum up the whole program; wrap it up in a cute little package with shiny red bow, project to “discover our guiding philosophy, the philosophy of our life”. And state in ONE sentence.
Do they not understand that will require numerous voices in one small head to agree on one sentence? It is much easier to give each of them their own sentence? So, we are asked to meditate a couple times throughout the month and wait for the words to come to us. We should not think too much or use our intellect when determining the philosophy.
Okay, so the first entrants in the our game show are –
nature
running (literally and figuratively)
constant motion
looking for a place to land
social interaction
alone
adventures
I don’t know if any of them can be a philosophy. They seemed to be a list I should give to my therapist that we should discuss at length and find the hidden issues.
Really, I think what I have learned over the course of this past year, is that I have finally come to a partial understanding of Jill. I have an extra companion in all the decisions I make. I have begun to stand outside my body and work through the ramifications of my decisions. I have learned to accept myself and even to say Namaste to myself.
I have chosen a kinder, gentler path with most things in my life. As Martha Washington says in the quote above, I have chosen to change my responses to situations and my life. I have let go of a lot my old axioms on living my life. There is still a lot of the old modus operandi that are my fail safes and come out in moments of panic, but for the most part, I believe I am taking the time be kinder to my surroundings and self. I have tried to think of the positive before the negative, to make lemonade out of lemons, que sera, sera, treat someone else as I would like to be treated, etc.
How does this all get summarized in one sentence as a “philosophy of life” is beyond me? I guess I will continue to mediate and see if the voices have any more ideas…
Namaste
So, this weekend is the culmination of the year long yoga lifestyle program. After “graduation” on Sunday, the class will progress into the year Teacher’s Training program. But before the chai tea is popped, we have the big, final, sum up the whole program; wrap it up in a cute little package with shiny red bow, project to “discover our guiding philosophy, the philosophy of our life”. And state in ONE sentence.
Do they not understand that will require numerous voices in one small head to agree on one sentence? It is much easier to give each of them their own sentence? So, we are asked to meditate a couple times throughout the month and wait for the words to come to us. We should not think too much or use our intellect when determining the philosophy.
Okay, so the first entrants in the our game show are –
nature
running (literally and figuratively)
constant motion
looking for a place to land
social interaction
alone
adventures
I don’t know if any of them can be a philosophy. They seemed to be a list I should give to my therapist that we should discuss at length and find the hidden issues.
Really, I think what I have learned over the course of this past year, is that I have finally come to a partial understanding of Jill. I have an extra companion in all the decisions I make. I have begun to stand outside my body and work through the ramifications of my decisions. I have learned to accept myself and even to say Namaste to myself.
I have chosen a kinder, gentler path with most things in my life. As Martha Washington says in the quote above, I have chosen to change my responses to situations and my life. I have let go of a lot my old axioms on living my life. There is still a lot of the old modus operandi that are my fail safes and come out in moments of panic, but for the most part, I believe I am taking the time be kinder to my surroundings and self. I have tried to think of the positive before the negative, to make lemonade out of lemons, que sera, sera, treat someone else as I would like to be treated, etc.
How does this all get summarized in one sentence as a “philosophy of life” is beyond me? I guess I will continue to mediate and see if the voices have any more ideas…
Namaste
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