You cannot travel the path until you have become the path
Gautama Buddha (563-483 B.C.E.)
Tomorrow marks the end of my fortieth year; a year I began by setting forth on a personal pilgrimage (of sorts). I didn’t leave for a foreign land, but rather traveled inward to explore the vast terrain of myself. I had no perceived notion that I would become enlightened or that I would achieve some divine status, but I had the hope/expectation that I would gain a bit of inspiration in the process and that I would learn some more about where to go from here. What I’ve learned along the way (about myself and the world):
I am perfect and whole just the way I am (scars and all).
One of my personal goals for the year was to complete yoga teacher training. I had no idea that this very step would change my life as much as it…
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