eternal

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." -Andy Dufresne Shawshank Redemption

Hope. This elusive concept that rests within each one of us.

I could barely drag myself out of bed this Saturday morning. Sound familiar? Yeah, just scroll back to like every other Saturday blog and it'll have a similar sound.

Nonetheless, I somehow fell out of my bed and into my yoga gear, found my way to the post office to drop off some glam packages for the beauty biz and then got to the studio just at the right time for my favorite 10:30 Hatha class with the always sassy and laughing light-hearted instructor who feeds into my routine addiction by always incorporating the same headstand drills.

I saw a few familiar faces in the class, even the red-headed guy from day one of this project. Of course he asked how the journey was going and was surprised and supportive when I explained there were 4 days left. The class was filled with mainly new faces and a handful of complete newbies.

It was an intense session, and absolutely amazing. Just as I had hoped it would be when I forced my body to leave it's natural environment to go and be trained in a new one. At the end of class the familiar girl next to me says, "I never regret it afterwards, it's just so hard to get up." To which I retweet.

Tonight, my adorable boyfriend ordered us pizza and offered to show me another movie I had never seen. He loves doing this as he is a serious cinema buff and loves the classics up to the currents. Obviously, you can assume what we watched tonight - the topic of hope running through and through the entire picture defined as the thing that cannot be taken from you. Ever. By anyone.

The darkness that can surround you never has the potential to completely cover your inner light. Yoga has helped me reenergize my light, my hope for myself and my ability to seek the good and place less and less energy into the bad. I am not perfect. Wanting to help others who struggle in their personal lives and make their own mistakes despite knowing what is best for them will always be my weakness, but it is not my battle. In class I could literally feel the energy vibrating throughout my core to my hands.

When you put good energy into yourself, you are able to flame the light of hope within yourself so you can share it with others. Cheesy? Yes. Real life. If you choose it to be.