Happy List Week Ending 1 Nov 09
November 3, 2009
Ahhhh, the joy of these lists. I always feel so, um, happy, when I am done writing them. Gratitude and positivity really do breed more of the same.
So, here it is!
- The smell of fresh laundry. Yes, I know it’s getting a little repetitive, but then laundry is a rather repetitive task. A bit like life, really. Imagine we got grumpy about all the breaths we had to take!
- Clammy, humid, hot weather, punctuated by an afternoon thunderstorm. Reminds me of home
- Wearing dresses (and heels, of course)
- New dresses that are actually hand-me-downs or second-hand finds. The best kind of new!
- Afternoon naps
- Free Form Final Friday. How amazing that people are willing to show up, share a room with others, and do unsupervised yoga! And the dinner/party at Mecca Bah afterwards was such fun
- Planet Organic’s Detox Tea
- Chai tea with my housemates. Two of them make truly kick-ass chai. I am going to have to up my game and stop merely dunking tea bags
- New beginnings. Every day
- Disco music! Seriously, I mean disco music, Sister Sledge and the ilk
- Making up silly ‘cult’ names to call my friend, nearly splitting our sides laughing. And then getting an email from her signed off under her new name. Funniest thing of the week
- Lunches and coffees with friends
- Delicious french toast with maple syrup and strawberries
- Anticipation for a whole weekend of yoga this weekend
- And more anticipation for the Cup Day holiday today – the whole city is in carnival mode for the entire week!
- Learning. Especially the learning I get from students who tell me about their practice, how it feels, what it is like for them to experience breathing or bandha in a certain way, whether they like to chant. Without this, I would not grow as a teacher
- Skyping with my family. They are half a world away and I still get to see them every week
- Doing the best I can. I messed up a bit this week, but you know what? It’s OK. And so am I
- Feeling rested and centred and well
- Being told, and then realising it to be true: I am in a better place than I was last week, last month, this time last year. My life is unfolding just as it should
- Tattoos. The right one, on the right person, is just H-O-T. There is something so primal about marking skin indelibly
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LOL – yoga, sister sledge and tattoos. You got me there hon! You are so beautiful. I love the way you look at life’s simple things that make you smile, laugh, cry….
Sister Sledge, tattoos, second hand dresses… yup, that could be my happy list!
Also, why do we always have to be told we are in a better place? For me at least I seem to have a mental block on seeing it for myself!
I love your lists of gratitude–it really does serve as a reminder doesn’t it? A reminder that this life is beautiful, ESPECIALLY the small stuff
I loved your take on laundry and breath–laughed out loud!
And tattoos…yes. Super HOT.
I have ALWAYS been drawn to tattoos on other people and for my upcoming birthday I treated myself to my first and it’s no shy little girl. I got an expansive blooming lotus, with the serene face of buddha on one of the petals, embraced by vine and the tiniest little stars–it runs from shoulder to elbow.
Every time I catch sight of it–I smile