Today being June 6 (6/6) it's time for another Groundhog Day Resolutions review and I'm happy to report that I think I'm getting close to the treasure. I set out to focus on just two things: (1) the daily practice of a prescribed yoga sequence and (2) eating mainly raw fruits and vegetables during the day. The first half of the year, I discovered that the challenges I faced were due to long established and adhered to habits. If I want fresh fruits and veggies available at all times, I better plan my meals and make more frequent shopping trips. Otherwise, my choices are thinner than an onion peel.
Brain experts caution that practice does not make perfect. By learning to do something well at the start, it prevents us from developing erroneous or coping habits and therefore perfect practice makes perfect. The Mother Sequence has been the perfect practice for me but it's been a challenge just to show up. I have learned to give my practice priority status and as a result, we have an additional weekly yoga class and I have also gained an appreciation for the busy life and tools that I created, pre-yoga.
What has happened in the last thirty days is the realization that all of the tugging and grasping that went on in the first few months of this year was vital to fitting into my intended self. I threw a vision of what I wanted out into the future and then found that I had to grow and adjust myself to fit the picture. When I began my Year of Living Delightfully, I had a strong notion that the two things I had decided to focus upon, would make broad stroke changes. I set off on what I thought would be a noble, long trek and I have ended up in an entirely new state of being. The funny thing is, I had to give up the idea of completing my noble, long trek before I could recognize how far I have come.
Funny thing.
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