Joy in the Uprooting

“Nothing remains as it was. If you know this, you can
begin again, with pure joy in the uprooting.”― Judith Minty

Take the momentum of a new year and run with it.
A marathon, not a sprint.
Small actions daily.
Tweaks and shifts.
Deliberate, imperfect practice.
Disparate notes to music.
Habits formed by repetition.
Trying something new each day.
Contracting and expanding like breathing.
Intention followed by action.
Daily steps, long haul view.
Joy in the uprooting and unfolding.

“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.”― Jelaluddin Rumi , The Essential Rumi