A Box of Chocolates

I signed up to do a Blog hop; it is called No Rule Blog Tour.  Kathie's  blog is "Life is like a box of chocolates" . Yes it reminds me of the Forest Gump movie, which I loved.  Kathie's blog  has lots of variety, hence her creative blog name and this hop.  It also reminds me of our journeys, till we find the one that really seems to be the right fit. Yes, kind of like trying on shoes, you know the soul, sole... :D

I was going through a stack of magazines and books yesterday and found a book that struck a nerve.It is a yoga book, "Jourmey Into Power" by Baron Baptiste.  I opened it up at random: "Whenever you give anything positive attention-a flower, a child, your body-it blossoms."  He talks about stepping up to the edge; he defines edge as..."the boundary where we are and where we grow, the place of comfortable discomfort, where all growing and healing happens. He says it is subtle shifts, layers of peeling an onion, Sometimes your edge is learning to do less, to be more tolerant, more patient, more compassionate toward yourself...your intuition knows what you need."

Ego can get in the way and block out one's intuitive voice.  He mentions 8 principles for stepping up to the edge.  I will summarize them, pay attention, be in the now, growth is key, exceed yourself to find your Exceeding self, find the authenticity your buried inside, to heal you need to feel, think less, be more, we are the sum total of OUR reactions, don't try hard, try easy.  Yes, these are principles for the yoga practice, but you can see how these could work their way into our daily lives. When we try hard, isn't there a panic button feel or maybe anger has arrived. When we calm down a bit, we see things differently and try again, an easier approach is arrived. It is true for me~

He mentions how we all get lost in our inner comfort zone, same routine, same reaction. It is only when we come up against resistance, fear and fatigue that a break through for growth is possible.

“There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.” — Anaïs Nin
Most of us are familiar with this famous quote: 

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais Nin