Feeling grateful

Reading from Wednesday, December 17, 2014 yoga class

"Each day as you step onto your mat, make a decision to enjoy just where you are right now.  Take a few moments to contemplate how fortunate you are to be practicing this wonderful art.  A casual glance at the morning paper is proof enough of the vast suffering, poverty, violence and homelessness that is the lot of so many human beings.  If you are standing on a yoga mat and have the time to practice even fifteen minutes, you are a fortunate person.  If you have a yoga teacher, you have an invaluable gift and tool available to very few people.  In the spirit of this gratefulness, let your practice begin."                      Donna Farhi

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."        Maya Angelou