Day 303 of Year 2 (Actually Day 308)
Today I made eggs for breakfast and when I lifted the pan, something I have done many times, it was just too heavy and it slipped from my hand, broke my plate, and clattered to the floor tossing eggs everywhere. It's sometimes difficult for me to understand the limits of what I can and cannot do because they change from day to day. One day I can do something, the next day it's not possible, and then two days later it could be fine again. The hardest part is not the limitations, it's the uncertainty. Learning to live with this flux has been a wonderful lesson in detachment. I have adjusted to the unknown and learned to live and even thrive. There are a lot of unknowns in the world right now, I share my story hoping to show that it is possible to find a measure of peace even in the midst of a storm. My love to all those who are suffering or sick.
Allow
By Danna Faulds
There is no controlling life.
Try corralling a lightning bolt,
containing a tornado. Dam a
stream and it will create a new
channel. Resist, and the tide
will sweep you off your feet.
Allow, and grace will carry
you to higher ground. The only
safety lies in letting it all in –
the wild and the weak; fear,
fantasies, failures and success.
When loss rips off the doors of
the heart, or sadness veils your
vision with despair, practice
becomes simply bearing the truth.
In the choice to let go of your
known way of being, the whole
world is revealed to your new eyes
From Go In and In: Poems from the Heart of Yoga https://amzn.to/2z4S7oD