There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
Preface, The Picture of Dorian Gray
So I have to admit, I was all excited and did my breathing and shaking and writing on day one… and then didn’t. Instead of admitting defeat and giving up, today I picked myself up, dusted myself off, and in Warrior practice, asked myself why. I found reasons ranging from not wanting to look silly to feeling like I had the writing part covered already because I was supposed to be journaling for another class and had done that, even if I hadn’t done the breathing and shaking.
While the book says that structure is alive and needs to be able to change, I don’t think she meant that I could totally skip out on 2/3 of the writing practice after the first day.
I’m proud of myself for actually looking at the reasons I was avoiding practice instead of just angsting about not doing it and feeling bad. It goes along with things I’m learning in classes about self talk and nonviolent communication.
I wrote a goal down yesterday, framed in appropriate language, to conduct my Warrior practice in the morning instead of hoping I’ll have time and/or want to do it in the evening, and to do so before checking email and my various online haunts, since that’s what usually comes first in my day (after, or even before via iPod, groggily dragging myself out of bed). Today, I was thrown off a bit by feeling ill in the morning, so I didn’t manage to practice before finding my way to the internet, but I did go home and do that (after sit-ups, some stretching, and the simple yoga routine we learned in one class!) before tackling anything else. I’m looking forward to seeing what impact a morning ritual of Writing Warrior practice may have on the rest of my day.
Penny-wise 