In the words of George Michael, "you gotta have faith." This morning while reading my daily excerpt of Meditations on the Mat, which I highly recommend, I was reminded of this line. The book begins each day or chapter with some kind of quote. Today's was this:
"The ego asks a thousand questions for which there are no answers."
~ A Course in Miracles
It goes on to say that "we fear everything: success, failure, love, loss, child rearing, (etc.) ... The list is endless." Basically it is natural to fear the unknown. The author goes onto say that we have a choice. We can allow ourselves to be "drained and distracted by a plague of doubts and questions or we can simply choose to apply ourselves to the task at hand."
You must have faith to believe everything will work out. Right now I catch myself worrying I won't be a good enough mother or that my husband won't keep his spirits up during his job search. However when I have these doubts, I try to turn them around quickly and focus on my faith and gratitude in all that we have right now.
"Today, see what happens when you keep it simple: let go of the questions, set aside the fears and remember that things will work out. Now breathe, smile, and put one foot in front of the other."
Tuesday, January 15
Monday, January 14
I'm not sure if it's all the yoga I've been doing, the new meditation time in the morning, or just being pregnant. However, I'm exhausted by 10 p.m. at night (really even by 9 p.m. but I fight it!)
Didn't help that a work project I was supposed to complete by close of business today couldn't get done because the tool I was using wasn't working correctly. I LOVE technology! And of course I had to leave work so I could teach my 6 p.m. yoga class. Once I arrived back home I had to fire up the old laptop, like I never left work!
Two and a half hours later the tool finally does what it's supposed to do, and now it's time for bed - joy!
Ok, enough of my griping. If you haven't checked out Fit Pregnancy magazine or its Web site, I suggest you do if you're expecting. I found an interesting article about the benefits of yoga and a great series of asanas or postures for during pregnancy that takes about 20 minutes.
Didn't help that a work project I was supposed to complete by close of business today couldn't get done because the tool I was using wasn't working correctly. I LOVE technology! And of course I had to leave work so I could teach my 6 p.m. yoga class. Once I arrived back home I had to fire up the old laptop, like I never left work!
Two and a half hours later the tool finally does what it's supposed to do, and now it's time for bed - joy!
Ok, enough of my griping. If you haven't checked out Fit Pregnancy magazine or its Web site, I suggest you do if you're expecting. I found an interesting article about the benefits of yoga and a great series of asanas or postures for during pregnancy that takes about 20 minutes.
Sunday, January 13
Top secret baby name
If you're pregnant, I have one piece of advice for you... listen closely.
I implore you NOT to share your baby names, whatever you do. Even if you preface beforehand you don't want their feedback prior to telling them your names, especially if negative, they STILL will criticize them. Trust me, you can't even trust your best friend on this one. You will just get ticked off and may lose a friend - I'm SERIOUS.
So don't share. If people ask, tell them it's confidential or better yet, you can say "I'll tell you but then I'll have to kill you." Not very "yoga-esque" of me, is it?
You'll thank me for this wisdom - trust me.
I implore you NOT to share your baby names, whatever you do. Even if you preface beforehand you don't want their feedback prior to telling them your names, especially if negative, they STILL will criticize them. Trust me, you can't even trust your best friend on this one. You will just get ticked off and may lose a friend - I'm SERIOUS.
So don't share. If people ask, tell them it's confidential or better yet, you can say "I'll tell you but then I'll have to kill you." Not very "yoga-esque" of me, is it?
You'll thank me for this wisdom - trust me.
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