![]() ![]() Perhaps remembering this will help you and me both to wave a fond (very, very fond) farewell to summer. On and off my mat, I have learned that I must experience endings in order to receive beginnings. While it’s no fun, each time this happens the posture comes back better and stronger than before. When I acquiesce and walk the path that the practice (or my body or fate or …) has chosen for me, I learn more than I ever would have if I hadn’t had to relearn the posture. When I resist these “disappearances” by clinging to the notion that I (dammit) can do the posture, it makes things worse. Sometimes, the reason remains a mystery to this day. More times than I’d like to admit, a posture that I’ve been doing for years has disappeared on me. I had to let that belief come to an end in order to allow my new pose to begin. The only thing holding me back, it turns out, was my belief that I couldn’t do it. Yet, month after month or year after year, my teacher would say, ”Why aren’t you doing that?” “I can’t,” I’d reply. When I was new to yoga, there were things I couldn’t do. Yoga also has a lot to teach us about holding on and letting go - with the added benefit of not having to wait a whole year between opportunities for practice. ![]() Otherwise, you won’t be able to open your hands to receive the rest of life’s gifts. In short, you’ve got to be willing to loosen your grip on life’s gifts. Having dinner under the twinkle lights on our patio (it’s too light at dinner time in the summer). Football games (lovingly referred to as marching band games at our house). Also, we’d miss a ton of fun around here. #Quotes about endings and new beginnings free#Better to hold them lightly, focusing instead on the gratitude that fills your heart to be able to enjoy them.Īfter all, while it would totally be possible to spend our free time at the beach during the school year, if we did so, we’d be exhausted. It would be perfectly natural to hold onto these with a death grip. It’s tempting to cling desperately to things that we love. Labor Day has a lot to teach us about holding on and letting go. Businesses like mine that get sleepy during the summer months brighten and bustle as clients and students return invigorated and enthused to be back from their summer adventures. #Quotes about endings and new beginnings windows#Even before the weather turns, windows in malls and magazine ads promise new styles and suggest fun additions to your wardrobe. New projects put on hold for the summer can begin at last. The pace at offices everywhere becomes brisker. The hope is palpable: this is the year I’ll get … you name it! Great grades! New friends! A boyfriend! A part in the school show! Onto the varsity team!Įven if you don’t live with children, the day after Labor Day feels like a beginning. The possibilities are limitless and almost make up for the sorrowful farewell to lazy mornings and sunny afternoons. If you cohabitate with kids, Labor Day marks the start of a new school year. Labor Day is actually a perfect example of the fact that every sad ending is also a bright and shiny beginning. On Labor Day, summer, our favorite time of year, comes to an end and we mourn a little bit.īut mixed with this mourning is an element of excitement. Rather, the day leaves us feeling slightly blue. At our house, at least, the energy is opposite the bubbly happiness of other holidays. While it’s nice to have an extra day in a weekend, to be honest, it rarely feels much like a holiday. In fact, even I, who truly loves a good, inspirational quote, feels like saying “blah blah blah” to quotes like these around Labor Day. Notions like this fill the magnet spinners at Whole Foods and Barnes & Noble. Even the saddest ending can be a beautiful beginning. ![]()
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