Focus

Reading Leslie's entry made me want to share a similar "pull". I am constantly looking for the balance between my life and the "world out there". I think of people who don't have money to pay the rent, to afford a/c, where violence is an everyday occurence and I feel at a loss as to understand why I am afforded such luxuries and they are not. I have a quiet place to meditate, a beautiful place to go to practice yoga, a place to bathe, to grow vegetables and flowers, to feed the birds, to have a place to share with family and friends. And then I think of the picture of the little girl in Africa who has a vulture watching her as she tries to crawl towards the food station. The only think on her tiny emaciated body is a necklace and bracelet. Nothing else. She has been stripped of everything life has to offer other than her suffering. I've named her Dove and to me she represents all that is in the world. I have an incredible amount of love for Dove and everything she represents. She is much more courageous than I could ever be. From her I try to draw strength and humility and a strong resolve to take what I have learned with yoga and the kula and to find a way to be even more aware of the world around me and take focused action.
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