When we face hard times, we think the way we see the world reflects the way it really is. This is a false assumption. We are simply viewing the world from our hopeless frame of reference. We are seeing things through sad and hopeless eyes. The truth of the matter is that when we begin to feel better, our world will look better. And when we return to a state of joyfulness within, our outer world will reflect that feeling to us.
Robin Sharma
Yesterday morning's quote talked about being able to overcome suffering. Well, I have to be really honest and say that I didn't really manage to overcome it all day. Maya and I spent too much energy fighting one another, I didn't get a chance to lie down at lunchtime, several people told me how exhausted I looked (I know they're well-meaning but it doesn't exactly help), I had a pounding headache and...well, you get the picture, I don't need to indulge in a full roll call of why-my-day-was-all-wrong. It felt as though the world was against me yesterday, but of course it wasn't. The world was rooting for me as much as it always does; because I was so exhausted, my world-view had narrowed.
It's only today, after a good night's sleep (yes, good, really!) that I see that perhaps yesterday was a missed opportunity. There's no point being overly hard on myself - it's not as though I lost my temper or shouted or 'fell apart', but even so, every day that I suffer, an opportunity is presented to me to learn from it, to grow, to choose my responses. Thankfully, going to yoga in the evening really helped (good old yoga!) and by the time I left, I felt greatly energised. I listened to the amazing Krishna Das on my ipod on the way home (listen here to one of his beautiful songs) and by the time I'd got back I felt much more rooted and relaxed and 'myself'. Thank goodness for yoga and Krishna Das.
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