Beauty (9/14/2006)

A thought about BEAUTY!

Today in my yoga class, we were asked to think about BEAUTY. It means different things to different people. But beauty is everywhere, it is just a matter of taking a moment to acknowledge the beauty that exists around us and in everything.

A couple of things that struck me that we all take for granted:

The beauty of our bodies. Our body does so much for us each day and because of the commercial world we live in, we get focused on an image of beauty that is so far from reality and created by someone else. Isn't beauty an individual thing? Shouldn't we all learn to see the beauty that we are...just the way we are?

Secondly, take the time to see the beauty in things that "are." Things that don't have a purpose other than to simply "be." A great example of this is a POEM. It just is and it is beauty in its own form.

My hope is that by reading this you may slow just a bit and take in the unremarkable beauty all around us, that is, in reality - QUITE REMARKABLE!

Under Pressure (9/14/2006)

Pressure...We all know it!

This is a great thought to help COPE with the pressure of life that we undoubtedly all feel at one time or another. What a wonderful way to see the positive of a difficult thing like "Pressure"

"Even a lump of clay thrown on the potters' wheel undergoes pressure. It is the pressure of the potter's hand that coaxes the beauty out."

Sending you all love and light!
~Autumn