Well I'm back from Niagara Falls - we had a great time. I'm so grateful for this time off and being able to spend it with my family. It's also great to get back home to my Austin family!
I finished Christina's book on the way home (Yoga from the Inside Out). It was so thoughtful and thought-inspiring. One section discussed accepting what "is". It really spoke to me as I tend to be very critical and have high standards for myself and others. So really, I never want to accept what is. I'm always looking to what could be or should be. She made the example that if you can't accept what is currently, than it would be like trying to take a trip from say New York (I can't remember the exact locations) to California. But you don't accept you are in New York but cling to where you think you should be, say Texas. So you refuse directions from New York and use directions from Texas. Needless to say you would get lost and confused quickly and probably give up.
I definitely have felt this way. One funny way that I do this is not to weigh myself. It doesn't change how much I weigh but then I get to choose how much I think I weigh. Of course, my choice is what I think I should weigh. I know this is silly and yet I still do it. I even had a friend a few years ago point it out to me. I wore shorter shorts to ACL but was self-conscious the whole time. He mentioned that I needed to accept my thighs =)
Christina's book was about much more than the physical although really what is physical reflects what goes on emotionally, spiritually. I am trying to accept what is each day, including my weight which I have been checking on for real this summer!
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