Nothing is missing.

I have a daily readings book that I read every morning. Today's passage was simple, "Nothing is missing." This little sentence says it all. Most of our lives are spent wishing we had _____ . It's time to realize that our souls are totally complete, our lives are exactly how they need to be and we are precisely where we should be regardless of where we think we are supposed to be. 

This simple acceptance that "nothing is missing" in our souls, in our lives in our hearts....is the real key to finding contentment and happiness. This will be my mantra for the next few days: "Nothing is missing, everything is right." This life is a gift, each breath, each moment is so beautiful and important.

Breath deep, eat good food, laugh hard, sleep well.

Be satisfied with what today holds for you.

Simply practice yoga.

"In stillness

true power requires no exertion,

no effort.

Simply practice yoga.

Then awareness will cease to waver,

untouched by the swirling winds of 

thought, worry, and desire."

-Patanjali's Yoga Sutras part III-10

 I have been thinking about this passage from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras for almost a week now. I am totally captured by the clarity of the message here and the beautiful language urging me, "just keep coming to your mat and the awareness will come! Just show up! It's simple!" Practice yoga--the union of mind and body through meditation--and your attention will become focused and your thinking more clear. Practice yoga--do asanas--and you will find power and ease, strength and calm in each pose. I believe I have found a new mantra now, "Simply practice yoga." Or as Sri K Patthabhi Jois put it, "Do your practice and all is coming."