Re: Nadia & Life after honeymoon

[Guest guest]

Hello Nadia!

It's comforting to know you're out there in Singapore lurking. We

KSSF veterans will be thinking of you tomorrow. Gity is in Tehran,

but we'll be in good hands. (For those who don't know, her doctoral

disertation is being translated into Farsi and published there.)

This journey has many routes and segments. We start from different

on-ramps (causes/issues), pass through the same toll plaza (pre-

op/surgery/recovery), then travel our road of maintenance in

different lanes at different times (maintenance/relapse/more

issues). From pre-op through the first year, things are pretty

predictable, but after the first year or two, " All bets are off, "

(to quote Sasha).

That's why I think veteran's groups are important. " Cruise control "

just isn't an effective maintenance strategy for many of us, because

that's when the hard work really starts. I like your philosophy of

keeping in touch with your " beginner's mind " no matter how far out

you are from that experience. I remember my orientation like it was

yesterday. What a journey it's been from that Saturday morning!

While I don't post a lot on the " cheerleading " aspects, I definately

get a thrill each time someone here posts that they've been

approved, had their orientation, made their 10%, got a surgery date,

etc. because I know what a life saving and life altering this

journey has been for me. I hope all my fellow travellers enjoy the

gifts this journey has given me.

Tim -240

> Hi everybody,

>

> Martha, your begining to sound just like me, God bless you.

>

> Every human being is on his/her own journey in life. Some people

go through

> life being on their

> journey with their eyes closed or their ears closed. When

something

> major or life threatening happens, people often have an opportunity

> to examine whats important and real and whats just a distraction

> from discovering life's meaning and life's gifts to us. However,

not

> everyone chooses to go deep into the journey and are unhappy

because

> they feel like they are going no where, but you have to

remember, " pearls

> are not found on the surface of the ocean, one must go deep in the

ocean

> for them " .

>

> Most people lose the beginers mind that they had when they started

out, lose

> the excitment and the joy of the begining. Try to hold on to your

beginners

> mind,

> it helps to stay fresh even when things seem boring.

>

> I want to share my own personal experience with my yoga practice.

We'll

> some of you

> know that I've practice yoga on and off for many years (like 29

years).

> Recently, I did a month long

> training so I can become a certified yoga teacher. What I

discovered is

> this: every body posture has many levels of difficulty and

meditative

> aspect. I realized the following: I had practiced only

superficially for

> all those year; and for many of the positions my body posture and

alignment

> was not

> correct. I discovered also that just because you know how to do

something

> for yourself, teaching that skill to someone else is another ball

game. I

> hope you get my point, its taking me many years to get it, don't

be afraid

> to go deep as its scarey but wonderful down here.

>

> I want to wish you all well and let you know that I think of you

often and

> enjoy reading your thoughts. Being part of this group helps me to

maintain

> in some measure part of my history with you which was very

wonderful.

>

> Blessings and Joy to everyone.

> Nadia

>

> >

> >Some of us " old timers " have dropped out of the lists because we

don't

> >see our issues addressed. I'm not trying to point fingers. I'd

like to

> >suggest that if you're over a year out, and you want to attend a

group

> >where " graduates " issues are addressed, go to the KSSF meeting on

the

> >3rd Saturday. Gity's created a group there for us. I go every

month.

> >

> >Martha

> >

> >

>

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