Patience is Happiness
For the first time in 3 months, I went to my fave yoga class today. Now I’m not much of a religious person, but this class is like church to me.
About 3 months ago, I started the escrow process, I moved in a month later, and now here I am, 2 months later… Still not settled in & drained with both my home & work lives. Because of the financial stresses that come with buying a home for the first time, recently I’ve become more frugal with… well, with pretty much everything. Gone are those random shopping days at Barney’s & insanely expensive dinners/nights out. Well, not that I get out as much anymore, but… you get the point.
Anyways, between being busy & scrimping & pinching, it’s been awhile since I last went to yoga. Last night I decided that my mental & spiritual health is worth more than that, so… I’ve added it to my now strict monthly budget.
I even decided to skip out on the highly anticipated happy hour at work.
And it was so worth it. I let everything go… given my current situation, I thought it was going to be a lot harder, but I guess I was ready to let go.
Today my teacher stressed the importance of patience during a particularly challenging breathing exercise: “With Patience Comes Happiness.”
Hmmm… maybe that’s why I’ve been so unhappy lately. I reflected back on all the things going on in my life… why is it so easy for me to throw in the towel when things get rough? To take the seemingly “easy” way out? I dunno, I guess sometimes I can be full of drama even when I don’t mean to be. I need to do some heavy self-reflection over the next few weeks.
Mark Grant will be spinning in Hollywood this weekend, & there’s nothing like a bumpin’ Chicago house set to lift one’s spirits. That, chocolate, a good bottle of wine, a great cry, & having a friend to talk to until 3 a.m on a school night when you need it most.
Life is never as bad as you may think.
August 18th, 2006 at 6:40 am
OMG. maybe i need to take a yoga class. i don’t think that it’s necessarily “drama” that you put out. i think sometimes you just need that push in life to allow yourself to reevaluate how you feel about certain things. and i highly doubt that you take the “easy” way out. many times (and i can say this applies to both of us) we react initially based on pure emotion. it’s not a bad thing. sometimes you need to exert that stress out and then have time to contemplate what happened and why you reacted like that. is it better to hold everything in and carry everything around like a burden? no. you just have to find the healthiest expression for you. i’m glad you have yoga.
i love you manay.