yoga Monday

Our yoga teacher (not Malia or Deralyn...and she never said her name...but I liked her...especially her appreciation that our bodies don't move in quite the same way at 6:30 a.m. as they do at 6:30 p.m.!) started class today with a reading. I have to admit, it's one I've heard before and it's not one of my favorites so I had half a mind to just tune it out and try to come up with my intention for the day. But I decided that wasn't a very open or zen attitude, so I decided to listen. Much of it seemed just as silly as when I saw it the first time, but a few things stood out to me. The main theme was all of the things that we lose as we become adults and how the author would like to return to a simpler life. And maybe it just struck a chord with me because I've felt very "adult" lately...or I'm trying to be. And sometimes it feels really big and heavy. And sometimes it feels okay. And I've found myself looking for ways to remind myself to be a kid again...at least every once in a while...even if it's just by being fearless in yoga class...to believe in the final statements of this passage. Because in my heart I do.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks....
I want to return to a time when life was simple;
When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes,
but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know
and you didn't care.
All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware
of all the things that should make you worried or upset.
I want to think the world is fair.
That everyone is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.
I want to live simple again.
I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork,
depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank,
doctors bills, gossip, illness, and the loss of loved ones.
I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams,
the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.