I wish my mind could read your mind so that I would have wisdom to offer. Instead I can only speak from my gut. so ...
While resting in a yoga stretch in class one day, my yoga teacher said this: "You can rest in this pose, or you can keep stretching just slightly past the edge of your comfort zone. But understand this- the things that are truly fulfilling in life are the things just slightly past your comfort zone."
Perhaps denial is like a comfort zone, and optimism is like a straining stretch. We can rest or we can reach. Either way, it's encouraging to know that the decision is ours to make for ourselves.
I wish my mind could read your mind so that I would have wisdom to offer. Instead I can only speak from my gut. so ...
ReplyDeleteWhile resting in a yoga stretch in class one day, my yoga teacher said this:
"You can rest in this pose, or you can keep stretching just slightly past the edge of your comfort zone. But understand this- the things that are truly fulfilling in life are the things just slightly past your comfort zone."
Perhaps denial is like a comfort zone, and optimism is like a straining stretch.
We can rest or we can reach. Either way, it's encouraging to know that the decision is ours to make for ourselves.