I'm sitting at my kitchen table looking out at another fabulous Michigan day!! My husband, Dave, is working out in our yard trying to spruce up our landscaping. We purchased our home 3 years ago from the original owners who had let the landscaping become pretty unkempt. Dave is pulling out bushes that have rotted, died, or just beyond help, and then replacing some of these with new plants.
As I sat down to write my antics, he poked his head in to say (remember that he is now a yoga teacher), that the rotten roots on the plants are much like our habits, behaviors and ways of thinking that we've had forever but no longer serve us. And that sometimes we need to pause to assess what's working for us...what thoughts and behaviors perhaps need to be cast aside and then consider planting some new plants...new ways of thinking, and behaviors that help us to better enjoy life to its fullest.
I was in Steve Feldman's Vinyasa class the other day and he ended class with 3 words that have really stuck with me and perhaps sum up what Dave was expressing in a different way. Experience...Assess...Recommit. You experience something in life whether it's a yoga posture or a meal or a relationship. You then assess whether it's working for you or not...whether it needs to be tweeked. And then you recommit based on your assessment. Problem is we tend to either get stuck in our ruts and don't take the time to listen and asses OR we get attached to the way an experience is and expect it to be the same every time.
So my challenge for you today, as you perhaps sit and enjoy another beautiful Michigan day, is to experience each moment of your day with a beginners mind. Live in the moment by being present and experiencing each moment as a new and unique experience. Assess what's working for you and what's not and then recommit to moving in a direction that not only serves you but those around you as well.
Experience...Assess....Recommit
