Good evening Sweet Ones
Have you had a RAWsome weekend? It is Sunday evening and I have just done a great Kundalini yoga kriya. Ahhhh all that breath flowing in my body leaves me feeling calm, centered and almost like I am in a bubble, aware of the world but not bothered by it. I should really be in the kitchen making food our client to pick up tomorrow but I will do that in the morning. Tonight I needed to take an hour and do my yoga set and then I wanted to put a quick entry on the blog. So here I am!!!
After my meditation I knew that I wanted to share a short piece that a friend shared with me back in December 1998. I know the date because I printed off the email she sent me and have had it on various walls and in my journal for the last 11 years – and it is not even tattered!
At the time my friend Lara sent me this quote it was just what I needed to read. And over the years I have thought about it often and sometimes sat and read it.
I know that the author behind “happiness is a journey and not a destination” is Alfred D’Souza but I do not know whose words the remainder of the text belong to (if you know do let me know so I can give them credit. Not knowing the author will not deter me from sahring this little text as I feel we can all relate to it at some point (and maybe throughout) in our life. So here it is…
“We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her life together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, then when?
Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D’Souza. He said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life”. This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time…and remember that time waits for no-one…
So, stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until Spring, until Summer, until Fall, until Winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you have had a drink, until you’ve sobered up, until you decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…happiness is a journey, not a destination”.
Now is the time, the time is now. It is all we have. As HH Dalai Lama says, “If you don’t like your life, change your mind”. So, stop waiting and start being. Feel strong in your heart as we enter the deeper months of the year. Start that thing you have been promising yourself, don’t wait until after the holidays or worse still for the new year…do it NOW. “It’s not about getting it right, it’s about getting it started”, Mike Litman, TotalCoach.
Think about what you want to manifest in your life for 2010. Start planting those seeds now and gettting the conditions right. If you want to do a class, register in 2009 so that it is in motion when the years turns to 2010. At the same time we are thinking about what we want to manifest we must also look toward what no longer serves us. This can be painful as it often seems and feels easier not to confront and to just let be. But if you have a situation that is not working for you it will have a ripple effect in the reast of your life and you will not reach your potential and everyone deserves to have a shot at reaching their potential. Get those weeds out of your garden of life before the year turns. Start 2010 with only what you want and that which you would like to appear.
Do it, do it, do it NOW…just get it started, I promise it will make you feel good!
Well, that’s all from me tonight. Will catch up with you more next time.
Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, make it a RAWsome one!
With peaceful steps
Shivie
