June 9, 2010

  • Recognize Your Goodness.

    from The Everything Yoga Blog:

    "That I Would Be Good"

    that I would be good even if I did nothing
    that I would be good even if I got the thumbs down
    that I would be good if I got and stayed sick
    that I would be good even if I gained ten pounds

    that I would be fine even if I went bankrupt
    that I would be good if I lost my hair and my youth
    that I would be great if I was no longer queen
    that I would be grand if I was not all knowing

    that I would be loved even when I numb myself
    that I would be good even when I am overwhelmed
    that I would be loved even when I was fuming
    that I would be good even if I was clingy

    that I would be good even if I lost sanity
    that I would be good

    whether with or without you

                                        --Lyrics by Alanis Morissette

    [...]  This is for everyone who thinks he/she should be, do, and/or have more. The message is simple -- you are good. You are enough. [...]
    Yet we bombard ourselves with these messages all of the time. We pick ourselves apart when we look in the mirror. We judge ourselves when we're on our yoga mat. We think if we can just buy one more expensive item or go to one more self-improvement workshop that we'll somehow make ourselves more acceptable.

    This blog post is here to tell you that you already ARE acceptable.     You're acceptable in your "imperfect" state. It doesn't matter how many pairs of shoes you own or what kind of car your drive or how many yoga poses you've mastered or how many minutes you can sit in blissful meditation -- none of it changes the fact that you're good and that you're enough just as you are.

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    In my Google Reader, I have mostly fashionblogs, but I do have a few oddball blogs connected... this one, The Everything Yoga Blog was nice to read this morning.