I admit that I have a love/hate relationship with autumn. I’m in awe of the soon-to-be, jaw-droppingly gorgeous trees on my street, yet I hate the shoes. By mid-October, I’ll be mourning sandals. You see, I’ve got rather long feet (“Jackie O wore size 11,” my Mom always reminds me). It is really hard to find cute, feminine-looking fall shoes in my size, that are flat.
I’m also 5’11″ and much to the consternation of my more fashionable and diminutive friends, I don’t wear heels because when I’m up that high, I can’t hear what anyone is saying down below! (I’ll have to consult with shoe expert Miss Meghan.)
However, one thing I do love about this changing weather is that I get to start drinking Yogi Tea again. I don’t particularly care for hot tea (apologies to the Brits on this email), but I live for the little bits of nightly wisdom that hang from the side of my mug. I think Kundalini Master Yogi Bhajan has it going on.
Here are some of my favorite sayings of his that I’ve now placed strategically around my apartment. Though more powerful when opened and contemplated one at a time, I offer them to you in abundance:
“Your head must bow to your heart.”
“Where there is love, there is no question.”
“Truth is everlasting.”
“It’s not life that matters; it’s the courage we bring to it.”
A friend asked me this week how I come up with something to offer to you each Sunday and I was reminded of one of my Mom’s expressions, “I take my happiness where I can.” Me, I take my inspiration and wisdom where I can… in a Yogi Tea box, in a friend’s loving perspective over California huevos at Kuba Kuba, in those sweet, guerilla goodness chalk drawings on my neighborhood sidewalk, or in the final words of a loved one without having known that they were indeed the final words.
I’m sure you have your own treasured sources.
The fun part, I think, is in believing the message was meant to reach me in that very form at that very moment and allowing myself to be permeated and transformed by it.
I’ll be curious to know what finds you this week! In the words of Yogi Bhajan, “Let things come to you.“
Tags: Inspiration, wisdom
October 1, 2009 at 12:12 pm |
Eleanor,
I am eating up your blogs the way you drink your Yogi Tea! I love the way you see the world, and I imagine that everything you’ve been and done in your life has been a necessary and enriching part of your unique and delightful perspective. I haven’t met anyone who was born with the wisdom you are cultivating (although I know there have been some). At my private session with Doug, I re-membered the importance of relating to others in my own self exploration. Thank you for the opportunity to know you AND myself more deeply! Warmly – Mary
October 1, 2009 at 1:46 pm |
Thank, Mary!!! Yes, indeed, it’s been and continues to be quite an interesting journey. For me, the “so much more than meets the eye” in any moment makes it all worth it and fun.
xo,
Eleanor