06/02/2026
The Oddest Thing
Failure carries a reality that can either drive your resilience or destroy your confidence. Looking back, I can see how both have fit together in a seemingly ridiculous way; they are often two parts of the same thing. Being able to confess this is only possible for me because, somewhere along the way, humility became valuable to me.
Older generations always talk about how much the world has changed. Now that I’m older, I find myself doing it, too. Interestingly, most of the changes we notice were designed to serve human comfort and convenience.
I wonder how a species that once spent a lifetime learning to survive translates into a species that now spends a lifetime seeking comfort. I don’t know if this shift has changed people for the better or the worse (I’m hoping you might have an answer for that!).
I do know from experience that we have so many wonderful things now that were "unknown" in my youth. Every day, something new arrives to increase our well-being. Even as I write this, there is a new brain scanner using sound to find the earliest micro-blood clots—an incredible tool for preventing strokes.
I met my yoga teacher by accident. I never actually wanted to be a teacher myself, but she would have none of my excuses. I’ve been grateful to her for twenty-five years now.
As a long-term teacher, I’ll admit I don’t have the biggest or the "best" yoga class around, but there is something shared in that room that puts the sparkle back into people. I think they’ve discovered that "motivation arises when values meet energy." To me, the practice in that room is the yoga of consciously sculpting who you are becoming. A healthy group dynamic makes all the difference; everyone in there expands the room.
So I have to ask. What is potential to you? Please like and leave your comment below