Finding Inspiration
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Photos via Sweaty Betty.
Where do you go to find
motivation on the days when you feel uninspired, burned out, and tired?
Life moves quickly. In the
last few weeks, I’ve been feeling spread thin. I find myself saying yes to
projects I know in my heart I don’t really have the energy for, making plans on
days when I’d rather spend time solo, regretting both.
It helps when I make time to
be still, in silence. Wisdom makes its way through. In the moments of discovery and clarity, I am at peace.
I am allowed to be imperfect.
I’m working on loving myself even on the days when I feel
tired, or self-critical.
I don’t have to wear yoga clothes and roll out my mat
every day. Maybe right now it’s OK to have too many projects and to feel spread
thin. This won’t last forever, and I can choose to make positive changes. To
set new habits.
In the same way that I approach a challenging posture,
I can approach life with fierce determination.
Loving myself is its own practice. Learning to be
comfortable in my own body, whether I’m ready for a night out or I’m just
wearing yoga shorts and a sports bra at home. Finding ease. I release the
attachments that do not serve me.
Dharma Mittra says: When you are quiet, you see everything with
love.
I keep coming back to these
words on the days when I feel overwhelmed and scattered. When I do slow down,
when I am quiet, I see the beauty that’s been sitting there all along.
“Freedom does not come from a
checklist, and a ‘zero inbox’ is not a life aspiration.
If liberation is a chore,
it’s not really liberation.
You can’t contract your way
to freedom.
You can’t punish your way to
joy.
You can’t fight your way to
inner peace.
The journey has to feel the
way you want the destination to feel.
Let me offer this again, in
reverence to your life force:
The journey has to feel the
way you want the destination to feel.
And again, with respect to
your potential:
The journey has to feel the
way you want the destination to feel.”
- Danielle La Porte, posted
on Mystic
Mamma
