body art shining

1. How do I shine? Well, someone at yoga asked me this recently—said I may have a lot of abilities I’m not showing (I don’t remember his exact words). I’ve been thinking about this and the thought wouldn’t go away. That’s how I know it’s time to write something. My early life experiences have shown me that life can be very short and taken in an instant, and that all of life is connected. I try to use Gregor’s teaching of “be well prepared” and “be open to what comes your way.” I value the model of mind, body, spirit, that the YMCA uses, and focus on my mind, body, and spirit before I help others. I feel I need to be strong and clear or I’m of no use to anybody else. I say “clean” because I try to keep all my “filters” as clean as possible, that way my actions will have the most positive impact possible with the short amount of time I have. I seek to make myself a positive ripple and build positive ripples in others. I guess I’m not so much into certification—recognition of skills and abilities—I’m not sure why. Some more concrete examples of what I do: building technology awareness at the YMCA, facilitating two discussion groups, connecting a teen with an architecture mentor, and another teen with a robotics program (still in the works). This is how I shine. How do you shine?

A poem that inspires me:
Love is the cure,
for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain
until your eyes constantly exhale love
as effortlessly as your body yields its scent.”
Rumi
http://www.poetseers.org/the_poetseers/love/7

2. Well here is another picture...some body art I did with a pen...