You’ll have to pardon me while I talk to myself here. This one’s for me. If it helps you, all the better. It’s about planning a life, versus living a life. I’m a planner.
From the moment the Franklin Day Planner came into being, I’ve been on it. Everything goes into the planner. Every night I plan the next day. Lists, schedules, arrangements, empty inbox, I’m the champion. I win! at the planning game.
And while I’m planning life, life is happening. It’s happening in living moment by living moment, and if it doesn’t match up with my plan, watch out. I HAD A PLAN!
This sitting and breathing, this hitting the pause button is helping me step outside of the planning, and just be in the living moment of my life. When I get up from my cushion, even if it’s just been a few minutes, I can leave the planning for later, and actually be in a living moment.
My best teaching happens when I go off script, let the timeline go and really listen to what is in the room. What needs to be expressed. What needs to be experienced. I’m pretty sure the same is true in my parenting, and in my relationship with my husband. When I close the pages of my planner, I am in my life.
And now the practice of yoga begins…
Namaste.
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