I woke up this morning, picked p my pen and began scribbling. For the first in a long time the muse hit me and I am compelled to share some of my thoughts with my fellow bloggers. In the midst of my daily routine of motherhood, work, exercise and instructing my enthusiastic Zumba dancing participants in Baltimore, I sometimes forget to do family things like planning our holiday vacations or planning a surprise birthday party for my husband. I'd been looking forward to the start of our holiday vacation because I've been feeling for a long time now that I need this downtime with my family. I've really been needing to kick back with my family and not feel the pressure of the daily rush. The great cardio workout that I get from my daily Zumba dancing helps to relieve the pressure of the daily rush. Likewise, some of my Zumba students tell me how their social and personal life have all come together and their significant others have noticed these changes also. After all, isnt relief from the daily rush and coping with lifes daily challenges what we are after?
My Zumba class in Baltimore got off to a good start and we had a great day yesterday. We had a very lovely time of us shaking our hips, doing the cha-cha, clapping along, and even hooting with excitement. It was such a party-like environment. The unspoken feedback was so positive that I carried good positive thoughts all the way home and transferred it all to my family.
I started out this morning slow, calculated. I love to be in that state because I think it makes me pretty mindful overall of how I approach everything with a sense of full awareness. As I drive in to work, I am trying to make sense of what I realize now is a mix of big things happening around the world. As I ponder what is happening in Japan and the Middle East, for example, I realize that in my daily walk I must resolve to make a difference one person at a time. Its either that or becoming stunned and perplexed as so many of my peers have become.
Despite the overwhelming bombardment of media, I go around finding beauty as I travel. I'm mesmerized by the sky, by tree trunks and flowers about to burst into bloom. I love sitting in the shade and watching the sunlight bounce off houses, cars, buildings. I constantly feel aware of how beautiful the sky is, of the way wind whips and bends and changes the landscape. My favorite view is when I'm sitting out of view, unobserved by my young child and watch him play and have fun unencumbered in his room. Its then that I feel a wonderful mix of longing and hope and peace.
