My new hairstylist reminded me of one of life's most simple yet great lessons on Saturday. It rings true in one of my favorite Rumi quotes: "Let the beauty we love be what we do."
Another way of saying it, do what interests you, what you love, and you'll thrive. This lesson could apply to your work, your hobbies, your cooking, your organization (or lack thereof) and, naturally, your exercise/movement/physical activity. Call me an idealist, but I believe this theory. Of course, we've gotta pay our taxes (I do not consider numbers as something that interests me), and we've gotta find a way to stay reasonably balanced in our health, occupation and relationships. Speaking of health, and more specifically, fitness:
Say you loathe lifting weights at the gym, but you love to dance. Do you what you love (dance), and then seek out a great Pilates class/instructor to help you maintain all-over strength so you can boogy, or leap, or twirl, or tap to your heart's content with strength and body awareness.
Say you're bored to tears on a treadmill, but you love fresh air and flowers. Get outside, and pound the pavement! Invest in some quality workout gear depending on the season, and make the earth your home, your haven.
Say you love to snow ski, but you live in Atlanta. Get a Wii. Yes, if it makes you feel joy while you move and feel alive in your body, it's worth the price even if you're not into Guitar Hero.
Speaking of, say you love to sing or play music, but you have a hard time "getting-the-potato-off-the-couch", I guarantee you that if you get creative with a unique playlist for yourself, you'll learn to love how your body re-energizes with movement and music.
It's not rocket science. And, even the pro athletes and Broadway stars have to give themselves pep talks here and there to get themselves to move -- to wake up their bodies, to find strength in their muscles, to relish a deep stretch, and to find freedom in their days.
See, this goes to show why finding a great stylist is so important -- as they're beautifying, shaping and grooming (might I add: around your seventh chakra), it's a bonus to have someone do it who has a sense of beauty from the inside-out. Thank you, Shawn Black, http://www.mirarsalon.com/
1 comment:
Thank you Caroline! I like having a quiet relaxing salon where we can hear what we are saying to each other. Haha! To love paying taxes and bills, I have to look reeaal deep and try to act lovingly to the people who work for those companies. They are providing a service to me(taxes i.e. provides a stable society(we don't have to ride around with an armed escort to go about our daily business like in some parts of the world); bills: I joking refer to it as my "monthly sharing with my service providers", and sometimes, people work for those places who would trade in a minute to be able to work for themselves. Of course this is all how I hypothetically should feel.:-) And I do sometimes miss having a job with paid vacation and sick days.
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