I know I've written about this before on my website, but it's time to mention it again.
I was on a bus back from a training in NYC via Montreal. The bus was noisy, it was a bunch of people who all knew each other and there was just a lot of noise and vibration and smells and I was uncomfortable and dying to go home. It was late, as we left NYC around 7 pm and didn't get to Brossard until 3, so yea I got home at 5 am. I was not a happy camper. But while I was on the bus a thought occured to me. "I'm pretending that there's some future moment that will be better." When I got that, I had a little chuckle to myself and resumed meditating on the bus as sleep was virtually impossible for me.
To be fair, when I came home and curled up into a warm bed with someone I love, I checked it out again. "Hey, do you know that while I was on the bus, I was pretending that there was some future moment that would be better!" And if I'm honest, it was better, but just as fleeting. But the me that noticed myself on the bus and the me that noticed myself back at home as in the very same place.
The main point is you don't have to suffer. I don't have to suffer in a situation that isn't going as I'd like it to.
I hope that makes some sense because I've got to stop typing and run (bike actually) off to teach some more yoga today!
1 comment:
Jamine, thanks for the reminder. As you were talking about this in class last night, a little bell went off in my head. These past few weeks have been kind of crazy (good crazy though) and I've been focusing too much on "later on", "tomorrow" and "yesterday". I forgot to enjoy right now.
cheers,
Roberta
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