KarmaClear - January 2004

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Inspiration

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

January 2004

And here I am at the computer when I had planned to be in America for 4 weeks becoming a Yoga teacher at the Ananda Expanding Light Centre in California. And what stopped me going? I pulled a muscle in my derriere. How did I do it? Sitting in a chair and crossing my left leg over my right leg. So after 3 days of physio, Bowen, and Arnica I am able to touch my toes again but know that I could not fully participate in the course and now plan (!! )to go in June. We'll see what happens (I think that is one of my favourite expressions).

So I was looking at a Richard Carlsson book the other day as I hobbled around East Kilbride. I think it was called And What If It Is BIG Stuff? I noticed a section where he suggested that life really is easy - it's just the picking and choosing that is sometimes hard. And that was my experience too. Whilst I was undecided - will I make it / will I be fit enough / will I manage the plane journey etc - it caused me some distress. However once I had made the decision, once I had cancelled the flights, once I had decided to go to America another day, a load shifted off my shoulders. Whether it's about getting out of bed in the morning to meditate, or buying a new car, it seems that sometimes the challenge is in simply making up one's mind. Once the choice is made Life can flow through us. Am I the only one that finds that making a decision makes life easier? Or is this your experience too?

Much Love

Stan

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