March 13, 2004
Because they challenge us to the limits of our open-mindedness, difficult relationships are in many ways the most valuable for practice. The people who irritate us are the ones who inevitably blow our cover. Through them we might come to see our defenses very clearly. Shantideva explained it like this: If we wish to practice generosity and a beggar arrives, that's good news. The beggar gives us an opportunity to learn how to give. Likewise, if we want to practice patience and unconditional loving-kindness and an enemy arrives, we are in luck. Without the ones who irritate us, we never have a chance to practice.
- Pema Chodron
Those of you in LA; see you at my Phase II Sunrider Herbs Talk tomorrow at 2:30 pm at the HP Yoga Studio.
What do you value most in your one precious life?
Energy?
Life force?
That is what HP Yoga, Wholistic Fitness, and Sunrider Herbs are all about baby...
We've got a Way
Come, check it out...
(If i'm late to our Sunrider Meeting, it's only because i am fitting in a mountain bike and a gym workout and a pranayama session beforehand...Practice, baby....Practice!)
love,
coach ilg