A free pass?

Excuses.  

If we are honest with ourselves these things are our protectors, they are what we use to keep within the boundaries of our comfort zone.

Reflecting on my yoga practice over the years I am faced continually with the decision to heal my injuries. And most often I instead find myself saying "I can't do that, I have a bad shoulder injury". It becomes more obvious each time I practice. To the point where as I even begin to move my tongue to use the excuse I already feel like a cop out.

As the intense awareness of my excuses increases, so does my desire to shut my mouth and do what I know I  need to to change it.

This month, October 2012, is about evaluation. Of what serves us and what does not serve us.

In these days of reflection I have thought about my injuries, my friends, my family and my jobs. In all of these areas I have made mistakes, and I have spent many more days than necessary trying to correct or compensate for those mistakes.

The truth is, I have shed more tears over a few of these mistakes and tried with everything that I have to make it better and somehow I still cry. In a time of reflection I see now I have done my best, my tears do not serve my heart moving forward but letting go of the thoughts and actions does. Sometimes this means releasing things you love to make space for new things. Or maybe it means getting uncomfortable for a while.

The point is that we decide who we are every moment and if we spend a moment unhappy that is our choice. And it can change in a flash. Imagine yourself exactly as you would like to be and you are already there. Through practice it becomes a more permanent state of mind and the release of our definitions seems to come easier.... Or so I think. Mind you, I'm just talking about what I see is ideal and logical at the same time.  

We face these things and we change these things not only for ourselves, but for the world. Thoughts are energy, energy is what we all share. If in doubt research this concept of quantum physics. And if you want to change the world change yourself.

Maybe if each of us decided to drop 1 excuse per day that energy would affect ten other people with the same choice. After all the power is in the people. Dear friends the power is in you and together we can step into whatever it is we want, released from the excuses like "that's just the way I am" and instead lifted to a higher vibration of responsibility saying "I choose to be this way" and when necessary will shift again.....