At yoga earlier today my drill sargeant-turned-choreographer-yogi said... "To add something new or different in your life, you must first let go of something in order to create space for the new." He admonished that the time-tested swift kick in the butt may not be the best path.My first "letting go" thought was "butter"... but that's just not realistic. Butter is simply the essence of life. It signifies free will and choice. Butter is all about youthful abandon and carefree living. It is sweet and salty and everything good all wrapped up in one.
And then I thought that perhaps our instructor was calling us to a slightly deeper level. But as I tried to go deeper I kept coming back to butter. Or more significantly, what butter means to me.
On reflection, I see that I have clearly over-empowered butter in my life. I make it mean something more than what it is. I create a story around butter that my life would be worth less without it. But the truth is I have freedom of choice. I live my life in the ease and flow. I work hard and play well. Perhaps, it might be possible to have all that and let go of butter. Just, perhaps.
