"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver
Happy Monday! What a treat to be celebrating the first Monday of 2015. The day is blazing with sunshine and chilly with ole' Man Winter preparing for the first possible snowfall. This picture from this past fall inspired today's musing. This time of year is the spring board for our intentions. The sea of possibility is awaiting our first big plunge. We anxiously wipe our slates clean in preparation for the pivotal moment of change. We take this notion of change and transform its use from a noun to a verb in our lives. In it's forward motion it means, "to make or become different." As we consciously construct our lives we can look to these actions of change as a practice. When I think of change, I think of its partner; practice. In order to carry out these changes, we need to create an environment to conduct our practice. Practice as a verb means to "carry out or perform a particular activity, method, or custom habitually or regularly. As I see this marriage of verbs, I can't help but think about our lives. The way we live our lives requires us to adopt practices and to be willing to change these practices as we ebb and flow with the journey. In this light, even the simplest of tasks becomes a practice. It can be our practice to watch the rise and fall of our breath, we can practice watching our thoughts, and we can practice being kind in deed to one another.
A practice that I am adopting this year is one of devotion. I love to choose a word for the year, and this year it is devotion. My heart is devoted to the path, the winding road, the snowy winters, the promises of spring, the heat of summer, and the grace of fall. Throughout the seasons of this year I hope to change and grow in my practice. I hope to cultivate a willingness to let go, to move fearlessly, to love wildly. The practice that has been calling to me is my Yoga practice. On my mat I find the fragments of self, the longing to be different, the compassion to truly listen, the acceptance to move from the inside out, and the grace to cultivate stillness.
My invitation to you on this glorious day is to take note of your resolutions or desires and adopt a practice of living that helps you to change....to grow....and to one day realize that the beginning and ending were woven from the same moment.
As you move forward on your journey, I invite you to experience the words of Buddha, "Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide."
May You Sweetly Seek:)
In Gratitude,
Sarah
A practice that I am adopting this year is one of devotion. I love to choose a word for the year, and this year it is devotion. My heart is devoted to the path, the winding road, the snowy winters, the promises of spring, the heat of summer, and the grace of fall. Throughout the seasons of this year I hope to change and grow in my practice. I hope to cultivate a willingness to let go, to move fearlessly, to love wildly. The practice that has been calling to me is my Yoga practice. On my mat I find the fragments of self, the longing to be different, the compassion to truly listen, the acceptance to move from the inside out, and the grace to cultivate stillness.
My invitation to you on this glorious day is to take note of your resolutions or desires and adopt a practice of living that helps you to change....to grow....and to one day realize that the beginning and ending were woven from the same moment.
As you move forward on your journey, I invite you to experience the words of Buddha, "Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide."
May You Sweetly Seek:)
In Gratitude,
Sarah
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