"Be kind whenever possible...........It is always possible" The Dalai Lama It is summer and for me that means I am never alone, except maybe for 15 min. in the a.m. when I meditate. The above quote is as inspired as I get in the summer, but that alone gets a million chances to be practiced and sadly, the hardest place to put it into practice is at home. But I have noticed that the work of holding a pose on the mat for just that few breaths more than I think I can is actually making me more patient in normal life. Shockingly, no one around me has noticed that I am almost saintly in my tolerance for all the stupid things they constantly do, but I see that my ability to be calm and neutral is actually growing. Thank you, yoga!!!!!