The last couple of months of 2006 were particularly busy and it was challenging to find extra time to blog. It feels good to have a more manageable schedule now that the New Year is under way. One of the gifts I received for Christmas was a Zen Calendar. Each day I tear off the previous day's quote to awaken to a new awareness or inspiration for the day. Today's quote really spoke to me, so I thought I would write a short post about it. It says:

"You lose it if you talk about it." - Ernest Hemingway

Perhaps some part of us feels a need to talk about "it" because we want affirmation from another that our "it" is possible and real.

And "it" could be anything...your dreams, hopes, aspirations to your beliefs and opinions, relationship, and so on...

With all of the work I've done with Anthony Robbins, I used to believe that talking about "it" was an essential part of the realization of anything we hope to experience or attract into our life. More recently, I've allowed myself to tune into the silent awareness and knowing of my heart. Sometimes I still talk about "it", but more and more I'm remembering that some things should be kept sacred. This practice of Yoga is about being in communion with the Divine/God and perhaps our dialogue with the Divine, or our own Inner Essence, grows stronger, the more we look, listen and communicate within, rather than share everything with everyone else. What do you think?

"How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy." - Marcus Aurelius

"If a man wants his dreams to come true, he must wake up." - Anon.

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