I have the honour of meeting the most beautiful souls everyday through Yoga. I am constantly inspired by the unique expressions of life that come to their mat at both Ourano Yoga and My Health Yoga. I always leave a class wether I am teaching or a student learning something new about myself and life.
The other day I was talking to a student after class about making choices in life. This conversation reflected the meditation I had read just moments earlier and has inspired me to write today's entry.
We come to understand as we get older and presented with different situations, paths and opportunities in life that we have lots of choice. Spoilt for choice actually...
We don't tend to realise that even though choice sounds so simple it causes many people stress, pain, illness and constant worry due to us not understanding the true essence behind the word.
We have a choice in whatever we do, think and say. In life, as humans we are very fortunate to have this luxury and ability.
Only you can choose wether you want to be happy or sad and it is only though the choices you make that you can make a heaven or a hell out of any situation. You can blame no one else for your own happiness or despair.
The circumstances that arise in our lives we have not always consciously chosen and therefore cannot easily be changed. What we can change is the way we choose to react to these circumstances and situations. What we learn to do is choose gratitude and happiness.
I know it is easy to say and incredibly hard to do. I personally have been through the most testing, challenging and traumatic months of my life in the late and I am constantly bringing my awareness to the choices I make in every moment. I continue to choose peace, happiness and love. I found that with the ability to have gratitude for the moments, memories and experiences you have, it is simple to choose happiness.
Choosing to be happy and peaceful is something that you constantly need to affirm and practice but with time it no longer becomes a choice but a state of being.
Remember that through choice you are in control of your own destiny. Choose to be present in this moment. Live with love, joy and peace.
feel deeply, enjoy simply and think freely
With love,
Ourania