Ok, so I’m a bit of a hot mess!! Just being real and throwing it right out there. I thought of so many other things I wanted to write about today but I just can't help but just share what I’m dealing with right here and now!! Kind of like that elephant in the room. Some of you will undoubtedly roll your eyes (Chris I can see you!!), while others of you will be able to totally relate. But, Brie just got home from her 9 week stint in Texas and now she is making her long awaited move to her new condo. This has been planned for months and I’m totally on board and thrilled for her…BUT…last night she made Dave and I a wonderful “last dinner” and we poured a glass of wine and cheered to this new chapter in her life. All was well and good until I climbed under the covers and the tears started flowing. They kept coming and coming until I turned into a bit of a blubbering mess. The reality of her moving out just hit me like a bag of bricks.
Change…I share quotes about it…I teach it and preach it to others…but geez, when I have to deal with it myself…it’s not always pretty (be reminded of the word blubbering…ugh).
Lots of changes going on here at BL. One of them is that the Winter Teacher training program wraps up today. 8 of the 11 trainees have completed both sessions and are graduating today. Woo hoo!! And while this is a positive and good thing, every year I hear students expressing how sad they are for the training to be over. They love that every weekend they get to come to BL and learn something new about yoga from a huge variety of awesome teachers. They love the camaraderie of the other trainees and the bonds they’ve created. Even though they are now prepared to move forward, and use what they have learned to share their yoga with others, there is that sense of loss of what they are leaving and uncertainty about what’s in front of them.
Ok so that is just two examples of how we resist change…I have many more but I’ll stop there and just take this opportunity to interject my favorite quote (please note that most of my favorite quotes are because I need to apply them to my own life and once again…be reminded of the word blubbering)…
Three Sailors go out to sea and the wind Changes…
The Pessimist complains about the wind
The Optimist waits for the wind to change back and
The Realist ADJUSTS HIS SAILS!!
Just throwing myself under the bus today, in the hopes of encouraging us all to ADJUST OUR SAILS in whatever area of our lives we are resisting change in. That self imposed suffering (also known as blubbering) is merely the gap between how we think we want things to be and how they actually are. I truly appreciate this BL family and the opportunity we have to support one another…to work at embracing change together and to ADJUST OUR SAILS!!
We’ve got this!! I’ve got this…but I may need a hug or two along the way!! Ha!! Cheers to new chapters and new beginnings!!
Andrea
