dare pt2

TRANSFORMATION

Last nite, spending an evening with close girl friends, after taking on my first DARE of February(an impromptu apartment move at 10pm, in the freeeeeeeeeeeeeezing weather!)
The talk of Transformation came up
and it remained our topic all nite
we talked, laughed, cried, got serious
and digested the idea of SAMSKARA

Samskara, the imprints left on the subconscious mind by experience

The word samskara comes from the Sanskrit sam (complete or joined together) and kara(action, cause, or doing). In addition to being generalized patterns, samskaras are individual impressions, ideas, or actions; taken together, our samskaras make up our conditioning. Repeating samskaras reinforces them, creating a groove that is difficult to resist. Samskaras can be both positive and negative, it is the way in which we see themIf you want to look and feel amazing, it is your responsibility to yourself and all those around you do what you have to in order to attain it. Take your destiny back into your own hands. Only then can you guarantee yourself real transformation, no matter what else the people in your life decide to do for themselves.

So stop waiting around for life (or other people) to be ready, and instead begin to see each challenge to your goals as an opportunity to re-claim yourself and take on a new lifestyle. Then you strengthen your ability to make the choices and take the actions to move towards SOMETHING, not away, every day--and in so doing, you will soon create health as your new reality. Like anything, it gets easier the more you practice.

This is going to take real animal-like power, a true stubbornness, dedication, focus...start RIGHT NOW! Begin the process. . . . .even if it seems daunting, or not the 'right time' just start,

Old habits die hard, as we know, and at times you will feel a pull back into OLD patterns, old ways of relating to yourself that don't really serve your goal of transformation.

and the egg. . . . . .you know who you are!