Today I realized I know very little and I am confused about what I have been so sure of and attached to. Today my intention is to explore the unknown and not be that chic that thinks she should know everything or even invite the feeling of, “Oh no, I really don’t know and I feel guilty that I don’t care to know or figure out why!”
The world is so vast full of peeps with gifts and ideas of how to express them. Who am I to say, Heavy Metal has no place! Rock on!
Learning to be unattached, and seeing the magic of life.
Peace peace peace
Mama t
Bent there, Bent that, but did I get it?
Each day I wake up counting my blessings, naming them as they come to mind. After I recite them, feelings of graditude and courage pulse through my viens.
A great Chic told me in the midst of my pity party, (held at least once a month) “The grass is greenest where you water it.” Thanks Brie of Zen Bones Newmarket.
I am very grateful for the people of this awesome community!
peace peace peace
Mama t
Changing, growing, freedom, requires the willingness to see the truth and let go of the attachment to fear of…………!
Create a difference in your life by living more in this momment.
Join Yoga Source on Sunday at 6:15pm for a gentle Asana and a Mediation class to help you be sane in this seemingly busy world. The change begins with your choice to start.
Begin Now.
peace peace peace
mama t
What Do You Hate?
Wow that’s a tough one! How does a person choose? There are so many fantastically hateful things. I mean, who couldn’t say that they hate, intolerance, racism, genocide, oppression, their mother-in-law? Oops, did that sneak in there? Then there are pornographers, child predators, deadbeat dads and mortgage brokers. Let’s not leave out air pollution, global warming, deforestation and litterbugs. How about ingratitude, bad customer service, smokers that throw cigarette butts on the ground, or the one stuck wheel on the shopping cart? Personally, I dislike two-party government, gum on my shoe, bugs in my house, picky eaters and the fact that I always choose the slow line. Not to be overlooked are Viagra commercials, hurricanes, mosquitoes, liars, tailgaters, public restrooms, smells on an airplane, bad taste, mouthy teenagers, clueless parents, wasted effort and dog walkers that don’t pick up the poo.
And, I’ve only scratched the surface. Humans have an abundance of persons, places and things that arouse hatred. We even have a stockpile of hate labels for the most common of these; hate mail, hate speech, hate crimes, hate mongers, hate symbols and directly to the point “haters.” With the vastness of choices for objects of derision it may surprise you to learn that one of the things I hate most is the word hate.
A trip through any dictionary will tell us that “hate” is a feeling of extreme aversion or hostility; the synonyms being strong words like loathe, despise, abhor and detest. It is intended to evoke a passionate feeling of disgust regarding things intolerable. It is a word to be used sparingly, reserved for the truly loathsome. It is perfectly reasonable to say, “I hate genocide.” But does that same level of horror apply to gum on my shoe? We love to hate everything annoying, distasteful or obnoxious. I hate it when that happens,” is our sarcastic response to all things inconvenient. We say, “I hate to be the one to say it,” when we are truly relishing the words that will follow. A teenager may scream, “I hate you!” to their parents when what they really mean is, “I’m not getting my way.” The word hate is so pervasive in our everyday speech that it carries no shock value; we are immune to its power.
So why should I care? Well, maybe I shouldn’t, but here’s why I do… I’m a mother trying to teach my children to be impeccable with their words and to respect the power that words carry as they leave our mouths. As a community, I believe we all suffer from the corruption of our common language. Immunity to the word hate breeds tolerance of hatred. When the real meaning of a word is lost on us, it impairs our ability to see truth, to be appropriately outraged, to care deeply and to take things seriously… or not. I realize I may be the only person that feels this way, but I would honestly hate for that to be the case.
Teri Macias, November 2011
What if what? Once upon a time begins the “Story”, or whatever you call it, “Drama”.
I am the greatest user of “IT”. Good or bad, I need to have “IT”. “IT” is the escape from my true self because I, for some reason, do not believe in me being …
What if I decide to educate myself and get help with the underlying fear. Can I have a better life? Shit ya! Pay it forward by first taking care of yourself. You are the number one investment in this lifetime.
Say “NO to SHIT” and move forward with the breath in your lungs and the inspiration in your heart — where there is a WILL there is a WAY.
KICK ASS!
Namaste
Mama T
HighSchool.To see the hall
To watch them all
Perfecting their hair
I try not to stare.
In the bathroom “I’m Fat”
Are you kidding? I’m a rat.
I watch as they pamper
I try not to stare.
I watch as they strut
A sharp pain goes through my gut
The classic hair flip
I try not to stare.
OMG she’s a loser
I hear he’s a drug user
I watch all the gossip.
I try not to stare.
You’re so skinny.
Your’re such a ninny.
I watch all their pain.
I try not to stare.
They smile, they flirt
All afraid of dirt
I watch in shame
I try not to stare.
Please have a bite of that.
Do you want to make me fat?
Such a skinny girl.
I try not to stare.
You’re such a poser
Don’t come any closer
I watch feeling sad.
I try not to tear.
~Kate Alice White, 13 years old~
Each day is a possibility to live more fully and free from negativity. The work lies within you. When we become the observer of possibilities and make conscious choices from the place of awareness, the ‘Ah-ha’ begins to set in and the ‘right from wrong’ are clear. We are born with just enough ego (common sense) to know what is right and what is wrong, the rest we decide to be. May we be ‘Great Beings‘ in this human world, doing the work and being ‘Great Humans‘!
Namaste
T & Starla
I remember the first time someone said something so untrue regarding my being and how attached I was to their words. I was crushed and thought how can a person be so cruel.
Today my yoga practice consists more of getting out of my mind and choosing how I live in this moment. My choice of words and how I share and or communicate to others and myself are becoming more beautiful.
Being a business owner and creating balance day to day is wonderful and sometimes intense. Today my balance was creating Loving Kindness around Gossip. How would I respond to negative words and or not respond and not be attached to the pain. Hard task! I Finally put myself into the gossiper shoes and felt their fear and decided holding on or hanging out in Pain sucks. As I write this I am feeling the ‘I’,ego who will want to tell the gossiper to get over their self @^*!?@ with many other words and then the joyful being inside of me is whispering kindness. I feel better with joy in my veins.
Loving kindness, practicing this in every situation is what I am working on everyday, I have faith that my moments and days for the rest of my existing life will be more peaceful. This is Yoga. May all beings see their reflection not only of light but see the dark and become more present in their accusations and gossip to take ownership in the play of arguments, war and the violence that we as individuals create. May we arrive here ‘NOW‘ with peace in our hearts.
So be it.
Peace peace peace.
My light to yours
Mama t
You look into your heart, discover what gives you pain, and refuse to inflict that pain on anybody else. I often find myself doing the opposite, not on purpose but when I step back and review my day, much of the time I have hurt myself doing the same thing again. Today I choose to notice in myself, that I am only one but I am one, I can not do everything but I can do something, and I will not let what I can not do interfere with what I can do. I’m going to let my Dreams be BIGGER and more awesome than my Memories. On my path of living my life fully through thick and thin, I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind: yet, I often don’t appreciate those teachers. Today I realize this and send my graditude to all.
Namaste.
Theresa Gagnon
Living life may mean many challenges. May you be open to growth and ride the wave of its ups and downs. Sometimes life requires that we pay close attention to our actions and sometimes our actions lead us to timely withdrawal. Be present and listen to what our gut says and live in that moment. Either get off your ass or lighten up, kinda like the ‘Tedder Todder‘. Can you spot the difference?
Balance, give and receive without hurting others and yourself!
Namaste mama t
