“Patience is the antidote to anger, a way to learn to love and care for whatever we meet on the path. By patience, we do not mean endurance — as in “grin and bear it.” In any situation instead of reacting suddenly, we could chew it, smell it, look at it, and open ourselves to…
“Relaxation is the single most beneficial thing you can learn to do in this world. So apply even more faith, self-discipline, determination, concentration, and patience to the Dead Body Pose. You are fighting body tension plus guilt and impatience to get to next pose. You are fighting unruly mind that persists in flitting like butterfly.…
“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.” ~ Saadi Isn’t it nice the way Bikram Yoga is always the same every time? The teacher doesn’t throw new postures at you and expect you to figure them out in only one go. Instead, it’s the same sequence of postures every time. With a…
“Your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be.” ~ Raymond Charles Barker So, my friend, what have you decided your life shall be? Do you realize that where you are now, the conditions that define your life, are the ones you have decided upon by your thoughts? I ask that because many…
“Your life is a gift and you have come to unwrap the gift. In the process of unwrapping, remember to also save the wrapper. “Your environment, the situation around you, the circumstances in which you find yourself, and your body are the wrapping paper. When we unwrap, we often destroy the wrapping paper. We are…
“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” ~ David G. Allen Have you ever noticed how we humans tend to get locked into a particular way that something should happen? We come up with a logical sequence of events and decide that’s…
When I asked God for strength, He gave me difficult situations to face. When I asked God for brain and brawn, He gave me puzzles in life to solve. When I asked God for happiness, He showed me some unhappy people. When I asked God for wealth, He showed me how to work hard. When…
“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.” ~ Joseph Addison Perspective, my friend, will help you get there. Remember, if you dwell on the loss or pain, you’ll prolong the suffering and…
“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.” ~ James Allen, As a Man Thinketh Hidden in the brilliant formula…
“Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” ~ Napoleon Hill These traits don’t always come naturally now, do they? Honestly, most of us have to work at developing these traits. But think about it. . . patience, persistence, perspiration. . . what does that remind you of? Uh-huh, BeneFIT’s Yoga. Think of…