At what point...

At what point in your life, when the status quo has become just that, and you feel stagnant or stuck or that things just can't go any further forward, do you actually make the choice to change something???

So that could mean change how you perceive things, which is normally the actual catalyst for change. Once you can see that there are other options or opportunities it can open up avenues of actual physical change as well, maybe that have always been there but you weren't allowing your perceptions to include them, or maybe that you were previously closed off to. Or it can mean moving house, or moving complete locations in your country, or moving to another country, or getting rid of all of your stuff and starting over again or breaking up with someone that maybe you've both been avoiding doing because its easier to maintain the status quo.

But really, is it easier to maintain the status quo? Or easier to move on to new things?

Many would want you to be attached to your things because then they can always just sell you more when they wear out or they know you'll always be using this certain brand of toothpaste, or this certain shampoo, or this, or that, etc...

Well this trip I've been here for a long time, I realized that I'm not missing anything at home. I have a lot of jewelry but I've been wearing these certain few rings, not even all of them that I brought. I have all these clothes, but I've been wearing literally the same 7 tank tops or the same 5 t shirts and the same 4 pair of shorts, this whole trip. And no I've not been unhappy with any of them. I ran out of my Dr. Bronners body wash, and three people told me they'd bring me some, but no, not one of them remembered to bring it, so I found this company who's stuff I'm okay with and have been using it (that company is Soul Tree, I always use their hair oil and body oil even in the US, but have begun to use their other body wash products as well).

The only thing I really miss from that I have packed away are my statues of Hindu gods that I have. Some of them are phenomenal and I'm attached to them. But I have new ones that I've gotten here and they are sufficing just fine, I've even grown fond of some of them...

I even love that here I don't have to drive a car. I love my old car back home, it makes me happy. It runs great and gets decent gas mileage, but I would be just fine without it since you don't really have to have a car here.

So I've discovered that I don't need any of that stuff. Now, what else can I figure out?

Am I at the point that the status quo is no longer working for me, no, my status quo here makes me very happy. Then when I get to teach or do a Thai massage that is just icing on the cake. My status quo at home? Now, I love teaching. My students are great students, most are very dedicated and come daily. So that is okay, I'm ready to shake things up though, that is for sure. Starting new things isn't any easier than feeling stuck, and keeping yourself in a place because its comfortable can be dangerous and lead to stagnation, not for me!

When I go back I'm moving locations of my Mysore program, I'm also lining up some different classes at different places. But yes many of the "normal" things I did there I'm going back to, so how to shake it up even further? Got any ideas? Let me know...

I'm ready to travel and to move around a bit and teach here and there, but also have a home base with a home student base. I'm also ready to learn a new language, to eat some different foods and to embrace many new things in my life.

Can this be done back in St. Louis? Maybe, and yes I'll see how much more I can shake up the status quo there when I go back, but maybe a move is in order? Maybe it's not? Maybe live there 6 months and elsewhere 6 months... maybe, maybe, maybe. I am excited to go back and teach and be there one more summer, but I'm also excited at the prospect of maybe teaching somewhere else, in Europe or on the West Coast, or in India. If those things become options.

Many things are a possibility if I don't cut myself off from them, that's what I've got to do. Learn a level of awareness that keeps me awake all of the time, or most of the time so I know when I'm heading down that path that cuts it off again and can steer back onto the path of least resistance, which allows abundance to flow.

What do you think? Let me know, comment either here or send me a Facebook message, I'd love to hear what you think I should do or where I should go, not that it'll stop me from doing what I'm going to do, but I am curious...