The post I should have written...

As our yoga teacher often reminds us, when we're straining to hold our downward-dog pose, "There are two kinds of pain.  The pain of doing yoga.  And the pain of not doing yoga."

(From A Wedding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez,  p 159)

Life is going fast.  I can't believe it is almost the end of March.  I think I'm feeling both the pain of not doing yoga AND the pain of doing yoga.  Haha.

It is Spring and it is still snowing!

As I look out across my winter wonderland, Simon and Garfunkel serenade my life...

A winter's day
In a deep and dark December;

(March is worse)
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

(Does my front yard look like a shroud?)

I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

Haha...  I'm not sure this is the most inspirational song to sing as I try to ignore my freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.

shroud

n.noun

1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens.

Turning on a new serenade...

1. 

   (It still looks dark, but the sun IS shining!!)

   
   

   1. Today, while the sun shines, work with a will;
   Today all your duties with patience fulfill.
   Today, while the birds sing, harbor no care;
   Call life a good gift; call the world fair.
2. (Chorus)
   Today, today, work with a will;
   Today, today, your duties fulfill.
   Today, today, work while you may;
   Prepare for tomorrow by working today.
3. 2. Today seek the treasure better than gold,
   The peace and the joy that are found in the fold.
   Today seek the gems that shine in the heart;
   While here we labor, choose the better part.
4. 3. Today seek for goodness, virtue, and truth,
   As crown of your life and the grace of your youth.
   Today, while the heart beats, live to be true,
   Constant and faithful all the way through.
5. Text: L. Clark, ca. 1880, alt.
   Music: Evan Stephens, 1854-1930
   
   
   

   
   

   I am a rock.

   I am an island.

   I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain,

   It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.

   Today! Today!  Work with a will!

   Today! Today!  Your duties fulfill.

   And a rock feels no pain.

   And an island never cries.

   Today seek the treasure better than gold,

   The peace and the joy that are found in the fold.

   Today seek the gems that shine in the heart;

   While here we labor, choose the better part.

   
   

   Yes- this is my brain.

   This is my brain on winter.

   (I can't believe I actually publish posts like this.)

   
   

   Oh my!  Spring!!!!  I need you!!!

   Sunshine!!!  My soul needs you!
   

   Let's all go to China!

   Happy Monday.