The Calm Before the Tempest

So, I recently got back from a short, but needed and well-deserved vacation in Atlantic City.  My beau and I needed to get away from all of the craziness and just take some time to reconnect with each other.  All in all, it was a great time filled with losing money, eating AMAZING (did I say amazing) pizza, relaxing by the pool, and some pleasant shopping.

So now I'm waiting...waiting...waiting for school to start.  Waiting for my new job to start.  Waiting for my teacher training to begin.  This seems to be the time of the year when I feel most anxious, but something is different about this year than previous years.  I am much calmer; not really nervous about what is ahead.  Maybe that is because I have been practicing yoga more than I ever have in the past.  And I'm at a point where I am really trying to just take one day at a time and I will cross bridges when I get to them. 

Something I would like to address.....

Expectations.

I am really learning how to not expect anymore.  I would be lying to say that I never expect a thing, but I am really getting better at it.  Expectations lead us down the wrong path.  When I expect my beau to act a certain way, or I expect someone to smile back at me, or I expect my students to love my lessons, I am really just trying to control everything.  And what happens when our expectations aren't met?  I know that I let it ruin my attitude and then I let it influence the rest of the day.  So instead of expecting something and getting angry, try to keep an open mind.  Try to understand that you are leaving an opportunity for something amazing to happen to you.  By allowing the unexpected we are also teaching our hearts to experience things right as they happen in that very moment...which is why I love the Method, but that's another story.

Don't expect, just live and enjoy.

Thoughts are flowing....

So the show is over and I feel like I have my life back. The show was a great experience filled with MANY lessons. I always like to use every situation (good or bad) as a learning experience for the professional and person I want to be. Needless to say, I think I have proved again that I am a person of integrity and peace. MOVING ON.............

Since I have my life back, I've been able to spend time with the man that is the love of my life. Really? Could this be? I'm getting to go out to dinner with my boyfriend and sit on the couch and watch useless tv together (which he hates, but knows that it is my guilty pleasure, so he just smiles and joins along).

So along this new way of living, I was hanging out with him last night. And because of my obsessive compulsive problems with cleaning I just couldn't help but help him clean his room. Really I don't mind doing it and he in no way forces me to clean up after him. It's just something I like doing. Organizing other people's stuff and helping them feel more at peace is something that I really love doing. So once we were done and had moved furniture around, I realized something. I am good at this. Seriously, I am really good at organizing people's things; helping them to figure out what they should keep and what they need to get rid of. I'm good at uncluttering their physical surroundings, which in turn will help to unclutter their mind. A clear mind improves a lot of things.

So instead of a Doggy Daycare, which I have no clue how to run, I'm thinking that I need to do something with this gift I have been given. I'm going to be going on a Dharma Discovery in November, and I think this will be my main focus of that retreat. I'm thinking of running a business out of my house to help organize people. It is something that people always need help with and I am good at it.

So here are some ideas (with some help from one of my own gurus) for what I will call myself:
Organizational Guru
Organizational Consultant
Unify Your Universe

Let me know what you think of this idea. I'm really excited and am seriously considering this opportunity that the universe just gave me.

Jai Guru Deva!