Here and Now

For the past few years I have spent my New Years Eve at  Darling Yoga . My teacher has all of us draw angel cards from a bowl, and these cards have a single word on them. I try to focus on that word throughout the year. Last year, my angel card was "Light." I wrote this post "Light"  about how that card felt so perfect. This year the card that I drew was "Contentment", and it too was ideal. It is something that I have been working a great deal with because contentment feels elusive. It probably has something to do with my perfectionism, and never feeling as if I am "good enough." As soon as I reach a goal, I pick it apart...I wonder if I am a fraud, or if everyone will see that I truly don't have a clue as to what I am doing. I struggle with finding contentment with exactly where I am, or comfort with what I have. I find that gratitude comes more easily than contentment. I am most certainly grateful for everything that I have, and the ...

Reborn We are often reborn in moments, instead of a singular, spectacular explosion As long as we exist in this universe, we are unfinished; A miraculous piece of artwork in progress You are not broken, flawed, or shattered You begin, again and again, forever and always You are brand new now, and will be brand new with your next breath Each morning  as you open your eyes you have a choice You can repeat yesterday or you can decide to make a fresh start not everyday  but every moment We are here together sharing this common ground for reasons that we may never understand and as I breathe out  you breathe in  We are one forever reborn Angela Minard 2015©