Favorite Quotes By Bruce Lee

Remember, success is a journey, not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. ~ Bruce Lee

Research you own experience; absorb what is useful, reject what is useless and add what is essentially your own. ~ Bruce Lee

Whenever I look around, I always learn one thing and that is: always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. ~ Bruce Lee

The greatest mistake is to anticipate the outcome of engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory of in defeat. Let nature takes its course and your tools will strike at the right moment. ~ Bruce Lee

You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of opportunities around you and take advantage of them. ~ Bruce Lee

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to exert greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing, it is a path leading to success and truth. ~ Bruce Lee

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Thoughts from Yoga for 2012

Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.
I have tried prudent planning long enough.
From now on, I’ll be mad.  - Rumi (Bewilderment)


I have started taking Yin Yoga and it is wonderful. Stretches are held for long periods of time which helps the connective tissue and lots of other things.  During my 3rd class with a new instructor, she the above part of a poem by Rumi.  This really sat with me because as I thought about my goals for 2012, I realize that part of me is being safe by staying where I am.   But also that I have picked a goal that seems to be the definition of living in fear.  


Deciding to compete means that I am being risky and trying to live in fear.  By setting this goal I am forced to face my fears and overcome my challenges with living healthy and reaching my fitness potential and optimal physique.  


Recently I have been debating on continuing to try to achieve this goal and I have to remember this is a process and I am going to struggle periodically with making the changes to achieve this goal because it forces me to be in an unfamiliar place and I have been comfortable to long.  


It was helpful for me to tell this to one of my coaches and she was able to help me reflect on what my actual goal was and remind me about that I am doing this to learn more about myself and reach an overall goal - so this is a learning process.  
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