Always learning

In January I lost my fight at the Europeans which (deffinitely unexpected) caused me so much pain and disappointment I just had never felt before. I have lost many BJJ fights in my life, but never cared too much about winning or loosing - just having fun and learning.

Today, I feel exactly the same as back in January. I just found out that I did not pass my biostatistics exam. For the first time ever, I am pretty upset about not passing an exam.

The disappointment I felt in January and the tears that came along became a turning point in my Brazilian jiu-jitsu journey. It was my fuel to train harder (and above smarter). While gratefully remembering this turning point, I put this grade F into extra motivation to focus, since my desire to become a great clinical epidemiologist and getting my masters degree in EBP is humongous.

So again, we're always learning. The disappointments we face in life may vary person to person, yet we can always use it as fuel to grow. Growing to become a better or more complete person than we were yesterday.
 
As Melody Beattie said: "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend."

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life and I am very thankful for these moments.

Namasté.

Saraï

Word du Jour: Wondering

I'd like to start with this beautiful quote by William Blake:

"To see a World in a grain of sand,

and a Heaven in a wild flower.

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,

and Eternity in an hour."
 

 

 

Dear ant,

While wondering about all these amazing tiny creatures in life, you took off in a snap.

You might have hidden in the papers or maybe you're already running around in the dirt.

I just. Well.

I hope you love your life just as much as I love mine.

Good luck travelling around and thanks for making me wondering.

 

Saraï

You just be you

Often I hear people complaining or getting all annoyed by other people's behavior. The 'i think he/she thinks' pass by and lots of other assumptions are made in these situations too.

Here's what I tell these wonderful people: you just be you, and let them just be them.

As mentioned before, the only thing you can control is you - and only you. Accept that you don't want neither can control people - other than yourself. Especially the you-dont-want-part, because you just don't. Let them be them, by accepting them the way they are.

Of course, this does not mean that you have to accept everything about the way they behave. But that's why we communicate. Communicate about your feelings and your thoughts. Communicate by opening up. Let them know how you feel and what you think. This way, no need for assumptions too!

Ohhh. So much easier and so much more time and space for living Here and Now. Smile.

Now. You just be you, while I'm just being me.

Namasté.

Sarai

Namasté

 

"I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells.

I honor the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light, and of peace.

When you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me,
 

we are one."