desire

I have a couple new books on the go.  The first is The Four Desires by Rod Stryker.  I was in the library looking for a book -any book - when this one came out at me.  I've picked it up and put it down a number of times before and have always walked away.  But for some reason, on this sunny day, it jumped into my bag and begged me to take it down to the water for a read.  So I did.

Within the first couple of pages, I knew the timing was finally right.  This was the book for me, now.

My mind is jumbled and I need some help unjumbling it.

I have about eight books on the go.  A hundred different ideas for blog posts and videos.  When I'm not actually teaching yoga, all I'm thinking about is teaching yoga.  And between my dozen different journals for my dozen different emotions, I'm never really sure which to go to for what.

I know this - I want to create!  But my workspace is all cluttered.  Each time I sit down to write or work and find myself a half hour later in the kitchen in triangle pose, I realise that this jumbled workspace of a mind isn't working.  I need to free up some space in order to create.  I don't know how to do this.  I need to sort out my thoughts and ideas to get this all into action.  I don't know how to do this.  This is where The Four Desires came in.

Then yesterday, in the bookstore, I came across a book called Desire to Inspire.  I picked it up, flipped through it for a moment and walked out with it. 

Sitting there last night admiring my two newest reads I saw it - Desire.  This is not a word I use often, but there it is in both of their titles.  Desire.  Coincidence?  I think not!

Desire.  What do I desire?  Happiness.  More handstands.  I desire to think and speak and act freely from my heart.  I desire to know how to do this.

I desire to be a 'Force of Good'.

"To guide and encourage people to discover their true, authentic voice so they can live their best life is to be a Force of Good". ~ Christen Olivarez

These books also offer assignments throughout the pages for the reader to better come to terms with their desires.  The first assignment in each of these books is to find your life's purpose.  (Like seriously, coincidence)?  In The Four Desires, this is referred to as your Dharma Code.  In Desire to Inspire, this is called your Battle Cry.

Battle Cry - I love it.  A word or phrase that "inspires you to action".   

My assignment for this week is to discover my souls Battle Cry.  I can hear it, it's a bit jumbled now, but it sounds something like

" aye aye aye aye aye aye yaow"!!!!!

Desire - the action that sets fire aflame.   What's yours?