Since beginning my spiritual journey and yoga teacher training I have had to read a lot. For those of you who don’t really know me to well, I am NOT a reader, to say the least. It is pretty much my least favorite thing to do. When I was going through my chemotherapy, my wonderful husband Tim suggestion I listen to some books on tape. Smart guy! It was great, during my four months of treatment I finished the entire Twilight Series and by the end thought I was a vampire (or at least I wanted to be one). When treatments were over and life got back to “normal”, that is when the real soul searching began and my quest for health, happiness and peace.
So back to the reading thing. I recently finished (took me about four weeks but finished) “The Five Things We Can Not Change…and the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them” by David Richo. This is what I learned:
There are the five givens in life and this is them in there simplest form:
1. Everything changes and ends.
2. Things don not always go according to plan.
3. Life is not always fair.
4. Suffering is part of life.
5. People are not loving and loyal all the time.
If we can just except that it is what it is, we can’t control things and be a “yes” to these givens, then maybe we would suffer less, laugh more and respect ourselves and others for who we are and who they are.
P.S. Not only am I not a reader but this writing thing is new to me as well so bear with me!
