One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
-Baltasar Gracian
I have just come through a three day workshop with Jehangir Palkhivala and because it was not my first, the trip was comfortable and everything I imagined it would be. Parts of the journey went through familiar terrain and parts of it caught me off balance, but I expected it.
Now I sit, waiting for the connecting lines. There will be physical changes as I practice new postures and learn to move with variance into the old. There will be days when my body will surprise me with a range of motion that was once inconceivable.
It may take a year or two before I'm able to gracefully sit with one leg behind my head and the other held straight. How much more generous a future is that for growing older? I expect, and welcome that progression.
What excites me even more is that the connecting lines will take me into regions that I've not yet explored. I'll read through the notes taken during the workshop or relay parts of the experience in my classes and one day find that I've actually altered my perception of what's now mundane. I'll recall a statement Jehangir might have made and the sound of his voice will stimulate a brand new response in me.
But for now, I sit, waiting for the connecting lines. The greatest gift my teacher may have given me this time, might just be this joyful wait.
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