WHO’S BETTER THAN YOU, DEAR YOGI FRIENDS
Having a total newbie in 6 am Stiff Guys class today reminded me what Yoga is all about. Just Being Open To Who You Are – Right Here and Now – and THAT ALONE is a Huge Power.
As we pondered this week “what pushes our buttons” – I shared the following quote. Full creds to Vito Politano (hi Vito;) for graciously introducing me to it in the first place. I sub in the word “we” for “I” – for common experience purpose 😉
“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe