I spent a long time trying to find my center until I looked closely one night & found it had wheels & moved easily in the slightest breeze, so now I spend less time sitting and more time sailing.
I'm from Charlottesville, Virginia, where the Story People abound! I remember this one from one of my favorite dancer's homes.... it always made me think of her and her practice of the Alexander Technique, which is a constant study of letting go and inhabiting one's body with ease and grace. I recently saw the same story in another dancer friend's home here in Boulder... and the Story-of-the-Da
I take this to mean that too much time is spent trying to be grounded, level-headed. It's ok to not know which end is up all the time. Let go. I don't think my "center" is in a consistent place and I'm totally cool with it being wherever it needs to be in order to get me through anything. I will also be the type who sails, Erika.
11 April 2008
Jo:
I was given this at the completion of a leadership in training program, in which everybody knew that I was in love with sailing. I enjoyed the quote so much. Though I am confused about the wheels. Obviously it's not talking about a boat, but what?
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