'thoughts' from yoga with training wheels...

The questions the group was instructed to ponder were  not something I expected. But I did not know what to expect - so anything that occurred would be surprising for me. I guess  maybe I had been instructed to come prepared to put some thought into the day, and possibly bring a journal/paper to make notes worth remembering. But - honestly, I had been under the false assumption that part of the definition of 'yoga' was to clear/cleanse one's mind, and to be in a state of not thinking at all, to just let it wander, float around, without a conscious thought about anything. Sort of like a jellyfish, just floating along in whatever direction the current is traveling - but even  more harmless, being without the ability to inflict pain on the unsuspecting swimmer.

So the question was posed for us to consider, come up with answers for our own benefit, and make notes for posterity in our journals... I'm already feeling like I've flunked out - did not bring a journal. But dashed out to the car and found a pen, and a wee notebook I keep in my glove box for the random jottings: titles of books I hear mentioned on public radio and want to read, websites that sound worth investigating, noting the lowest prices on gas if I will  be returning by the same route, etc.

All the others are pondering, madly scratching away in their nifty little hard back books with blank pages, or wire-bound composition books with lined pages. And I'm thinking.... thinking... thinking... So... what do you want more of? Not stuff, not posessions, not clothing or shoes or hats or purses or warm, thick, toasty wool socks (though that is a nice thought when the weather gets down in the 20's).  I'm supposed to come up with three things to list, in no particular order.

1.) inner peace = which for me would mean being healthy/healthier mentally, emotionally, physically
2). joy = meaning, for me, more time invested in building/developing relationships, really talking, having conversations that are not trivial (though trivia can be a good thing!), but words and  having meaning and substance, with people I care about, and want to spend time with. The operative word here being 'time', our most  undervalued commodity.
3). laughter ="'If you are not doing things for fun anymore, you might as well be dead". (Ernest Hemmingway) In my on-going belief that I am easily amused, it does not take a whole lot to enterain me. I have an older friend, recently relocated to TX, who enjoys sharing a good joke, which must mean she also likes to have a reason to laugh.

This might qualify as 'resolutions', but I have not done that in years. But now that I have typed my thoughts out - I see them as goals, things to aim for, look for ways to bring more of this into my life.