18.7.12

Being Stretched

I am trying out a yoga book.  

I am so stiff.  So weak and unbalanced. It is a lot of work to try and move this way.  I fall down a lot.  Despite this, I find that it feels soooooo good.



I can't help thinking how much it is like my life right now.

Bending to new ways of living.
Most of it is really, really good stuff
And some of it is a bit scary / unsure / or just plain challenging


Well, it's a mix of both, really, I guess




Sam the bishop, the devoted dad, the kind husband to a hormonal and sleep deprived wife,  facing a still unknown career change -and doing it all with poise, and purpose.  Truly a great man.   

Fast approaching teenage years - and teenage challenges - delightful and sweet


New baby - New bliss - Relearning everything again



It will sound silly, but the yoga is helping to remind me in all areas of my life

to breathe,
readjust,
focus,
find balance,
be purposeful,
accept what I can do - accept my current limits - but continue to stretch myself,
and always, always make time for restoration and meditation (which, for me, includes prayer).


I am hoping to get to the point where it becomes a daily practice.  It's hard.  I am hardly ever in the mood to start.  But it's good to stretch. 

Right?




1 comment:

cristie said...

i've read a lot of things today, but this is by far my favorite.
wise
witty
you
wise
kind
everything i needed and didn't know i was looking for.

xox