“I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which comes to me
as seed goes to the next as blossom
and that which comes to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.”
~Dawna Markova
After settling in after my whirlwind yoga-filled summer I feel that I have become lazy. Maybe lazy is the wrong word….how about, comfortable not having a strict schedule with which I have to adhere to. ;)) I will admit it. When I’m not getting up at 5:50 am to make it to mandatory satsung or trying to get in three yoga classes a day at Gaia Flow Yoga, I feel as though I am not doing anything!! Why is this? I’ve been contemplating this for the past week or so.
For me, when my day is filled with that which enlivens me, I feel ALIVE! Ready to take on the world. There is nothing I can not do, can not conquer, can not open my heart up to. Sure at the end of the day I may be exhausted, but my sleep is deep because my day was really lived. When I find myself wandering off this path of passion, I feel lethargic, lazy, and uninspired. This is why I turn to this prose by Dawna Markova. It reminds me that I was meant to live a full “LIVED” life. And so are you. We all are. It is our divine right as souls having a physical experience, to do so unabashedly. So take that risk. Be an inspiration. Be courageous beyond your wildest dreams. And when you leave this earth you will have left it a more beautiful place.
From my open heart to yours,
Shanell