Remember the Alamo?
A Spaniard made the comment the other day, “We lost more with Cuba” and so it brought to mind the ever loving need for perspective. Let’s now discuss perspective.
Back in mid summer of 2011, I was pulling my hair out. Now it falls on its own.
However, people came to me with guidance – one handed me a book, The Power of Now, another suggested Ram Dass, and Be Here Now, and so I began my journey forward. Dass warned, as you embark on this journey you will naturally leave others behind, expect this. Also I learned how change is difficult and there is resistance at every turn. But change you must.
So I had months of not finding an exercise and stumbled upon a Zumba class that is taught by Danielle Burrell – fabulous. And now she has me hooked. Only tonight we didn’t go because Tin overslept – he’s screeching like a barn own right now in his bed when moments ago I was convinced he was asleep. But I digress, I was trying to say I asked the universe to provide me with the joy of moving my body again and it shouted back ZUMBA. Enough said.
My hair is falling out from stress and I’m forever lost in this quagmire of it. I asked to find a way to meditate, given my schedule that doesn’t allow for peeing, and I found my Yemaya statue but still can only give it a 2 minute candle lighting and a few chants. Then, walking down the street I see a flyer, I pull it, turns out there is a Zen studio down the street with hourly meditations and instruction – Wala! I wanted just that – meditation and instruction.
I go through these drills, it’s like you know how the football players run in place as fast as possible, that’s how my life gets, I get wound up like a top and then someone goes and yanks the string and I spin out of control while the yanker is yelling WEEEEEEEEE and I’m responding WHOAAAAAA. But then the spinning stops, and I shake myself off, and move forward. It’s like this every time, I’ve seen this movie before and I know how it ends.
You hope that there is not too much lost in the rotation – but then again, like my friend, I lost more with Cuba, so really, what of it? I suffer most from abundance and is that really worth the real estate I give it?