A very sweet young lady I know created this drawing for me
when I was looking for ideas for the book cover of my memoir, Yin, Yang, Yogini: A
Woman’s Quest for Balance, Strength and Inner Peace (now available for
pre-order!) The final book cover, designed by the publishing company, is a bit
different, but the artists did incorporate the butterflies. Hands are very
difficult to draw (I am told!) but Eloise did an excellent job. In fact, I’m
sure that if she so desires, she will one day have a lovely career as an
artist.
The point
of this blog is to say thank you to Eloise (and to her mother, my dear friend
Amy) and also to say thank you to all those who helped to make my dream of
creating and publishing my memoir about my yoga and breast cancer journey come
true. For the fact of the matter is, even though I was the one to sit down at
my computer and write the book, it never would have happened without the input of
many, many people. Nothing happens in this world, I believe, without a chain of
angels (human or otherwise) that help us on our path.
I remember
the very first time I entered the yoga studio at the foot of my hill. Somehow,
the universe had planted a yoga center there just at the time in my life when I
deeply needed to change my path for emotional as well as physical reasons. From
the moment I entered Nesheemah (which means breath), my life forever changed
for the better. I entered a parallel universe of which I had hitherto been
completely unaware, a universe of kind and gentle souls, of teachers, friends,
and others too many to name here. That day set into motion a series of events
and serendipitous meetings, opening my heart to compassion, forgiveness and
trust. So many have been part of my journey…I would like to personally thank
each and every one…but some I don’t even know by name. Sometimes I think of the
waiter who refilled my coffee cup when I was feeling down, or a woman I crossed
paths with in a grocery store who let me go first in line; the people who
brighten our days are sometimes unknown to us, even though we may feel and
benefit from the light they share.
Today, I’ll
simply start with Eloise, who spent some hours after school creating the beautiful drawing above for me. And I’d also like to thank the butterflies…who reveal to
us every day that we are capable of change, that we capable of overcoming
struggle, that we are born to be free and beautiful.
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