Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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Your world
How do you choose to see the world? How do you see your world? Is your cup half full or half empty? Your world, is how you see it, which is different from how I see it or anyone else on earth and the reason is that we're all individual with our own perspective on life, our own lifetime experiences, our own needs, loves, and desires.
If I hold up a sheet of paper to someone in front of me, they'll see a rectangular sheet of paper. However, someone standing immediately to my side, will only see the edge of it would appear as a thin white 'thread'. Glasgow is north from where I am, but it's southwest from Aberdeen. A red felt marker pen may be useful to some for writing hate slogans on train windows but for others, to draw love-hearts on a handmade valentine. Five minutes wait in the doctor's reception, for some is an infuriating waste of time, for others it's chance to make five phone calls, for others it's a chance to read the paper, plan a meeting and for me to visualise a wonderful outcome to a forthcoming situation, my violin vibrato becoming second nature and as beautiful as a blackbird's song. It's a chance to stop and listen, not to the noise around, but my own quietness inside, the peace that I have a choice to enjoy. I can just enjoy the wait.
My cup us half full most of the time, except for when it's full, and occasionally it's half empty, but not often. See my blog Half full, half empty. When my two expensive photographic kits were stolen six years ago I cried for a few moments, felt some pain of loss, felt that I'd had my hands cut off as the loss prevented me from doing one of the things that I loved doing most and that's taking quality pictures. But soon it dawned on me that this was a wonderful opportunity to get a new kit...no,....two new kits on insurance. Yes, I had been wise enough to insure the lot for replacement as new, value. It wasn't the loss of the actual cameras that I missed but their usefulness. They were only lumps of metal and glass, so there was no emotional attachment. Eventually I was so glad they'd been stolen as the new kits were even better. Not that I'd ever wish it to happen again!
I injured my arm in an accident preventing me from playing my violin for several months. But when the time came to start playing again, I did so with great care to play as freely as possible to avoid aggravating the injury and the result was an improvement in my technique. Ultimately I was grateful for this chance to tackle something differently and benefit in an unexpected way. Thank you.
When it's sunny outside, that's a great day to go walking in the country, to barbecue with friends or to sit beside the river and watch boats go by. When it's a rainy dull day, that's a great day to get some photographic printing done in my darkroom or for doing some violin practice. A wet day can be often seen as a dissappintment but it need not be. However for some people, it's raining every day....even when it's sunny. It's all a matter of outlook and perspective.
When I get three cancellations in one morning for Alexander Technique sessions, it's a shame people can't make it, but great....I've got some time to write a letter, go out to the florist and buy the flowers for my teaching room, to write a blog. On the other hand, when the gap in my diary that I'd planned to buy the flowers, write a blog or write a letter is suddenly taken up by clients wanting instant AT sessions, then that's great....I'm able to do what I enjoy most. Well almost most, because my 'mostest' enjoyments come from what I'm doing, because that's what I do. I enjoy. It's whatever is going on at the moment is the thing I am enjoying the most. There is always something to be gained or benefited from whatever the occupation is, as I wrote about in 'Choose your Experience'.
And in the words of that great wise sage and authority in all worldly matters of importance, Pooh, .......
"What day is it today?" asks Pooh.
"It's today" squeaked Piglet
"My favourite day" said Pooh.
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