Becoming Specialists in Living

This morning I read something that really spoke to me: Where we were specialists in spending, we are becoming specialists in living. This appeared in an editorial in Ladies Home Journal magazine in October of 1932. History does repeat itself, doesn't it? I believe that once again there are many of us now who are becoming specialists in living. What a remarkable thing it is! For me, it is absolutely astounding how much living there is to be done and how exciting each day has become for me - never knowing quite what to expect and so often finding wonderful happenings occurring I could never have predicted or expected. For example, just yesterday a young woman in my yoga class at the Y came up afterwards and surprised me by saying she had recently returned from India where she had not been able to enjoy as many yoga sessions as she would have liked and found my class, her first visit, very much to her liking. There she stood smiling and full of praise and approval which made me very grateful for my teachers who led me to the style of yoga I now teach. It is as close to "classical" Hatha Yoga as I know how to get. I would like to think one finds similar teaching even today in India. Perhaps one day I'll get there and see for myself. Or, perhaps I'll revisit Yogaville in Virginia for another bit of such training. But, for today, I'm a Happiness Specialist who might one day graduate to Living Specialist!