Just osmething to think about.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Stepping up and diving in.
Hello again.
This year I am really embracing my role as 'teacher' and with this comes a great responsibility to myself as well as my students. A very large part of exploring my role as a facilitator for growth and healing will be to come to terms with some of my greatest fears and insecurities and to really step into them, explore them and to not shy away from that which frightens me.
This is going to take a lot of courage, personal search, work and honesty. It is not an easy path, but it is unquestionably a worthwhile one.
My most pressing and ongoing struggle is my 'place' in this world. Whether I belong in this country or my home country? This is an inquiry that I am sure many of my friends are tired of exploring with me, as it has been an inquiry that has lasted 8 years and I still feel paralyzed to make this decision. Why am I so attached to finding this answer? Why not just relax and enjoy the gifts this city has to offer while I have chosen to live here?
I realize that it is not just the place I live or the people I surround myself with, it is the peace I need to find in myself to unattached, to let go and to trust that I am here for a reason and I am here to grow.
Some questions to consider:
1. Where is the discomfort in your body/life?
2. How long have you known about it?
3. What is it saying to you?
4. What have you done about it?
My goals for the coming year are as follows: I will learn new skills, I will take at least 3 dance classes a month, I will explore new teachers and try new restaurants. I will cook something new twice a month. I will try to worry less, and breathe more. And I will do a better job at blogging about my discoveries.
I am thrilled to embrace my dharma.
May the fun begin!
P.S
I am of the nature to grow old.
There is no way to escape growing old.
I am of the nature to have ill-health.
There is no way to escape having ill-health.
I am of the nature to die.
There is no way to escape death.
All that is dear to me and everyone I love
are of the nature to change.
There is no way to escape being separated from them.
My actions are my only true belongings.
I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
My actions are the ground on which I stand.
~the buddha
This year I am really embracing my role as 'teacher' and with this comes a great responsibility to myself as well as my students. A very large part of exploring my role as a facilitator for growth and healing will be to come to terms with some of my greatest fears and insecurities and to really step into them, explore them and to not shy away from that which frightens me.
This is going to take a lot of courage, personal search, work and honesty. It is not an easy path, but it is unquestionably a worthwhile one.
My most pressing and ongoing struggle is my 'place' in this world. Whether I belong in this country or my home country? This is an inquiry that I am sure many of my friends are tired of exploring with me, as it has been an inquiry that has lasted 8 years and I still feel paralyzed to make this decision. Why am I so attached to finding this answer? Why not just relax and enjoy the gifts this city has to offer while I have chosen to live here?
I realize that it is not just the place I live or the people I surround myself with, it is the peace I need to find in myself to unattached, to let go and to trust that I am here for a reason and I am here to grow.
Some questions to consider:
1. Where is the discomfort in your body/life?
2. How long have you known about it?
3. What is it saying to you?
4. What have you done about it?
My goals for the coming year are as follows: I will learn new skills, I will take at least 3 dance classes a month, I will explore new teachers and try new restaurants. I will cook something new twice a month. I will try to worry less, and breathe more. And I will do a better job at blogging about my discoveries.
I am thrilled to embrace my dharma.
May the fun begin!
P.S
I am of the nature to grow old.
There is no way to escape growing old.
I am of the nature to have ill-health.
There is no way to escape having ill-health.
I am of the nature to die.
There is no way to escape death.
All that is dear to me and everyone I love
are of the nature to change.
There is no way to escape being separated from them.
My actions are my only true belongings.
I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
My actions are the ground on which I stand.
~the buddha
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