I got involved in a Linkedin conversation. It began with a pilates teacher and her dilemma. She was having a hard time reconciling her passion for helping people with their bodies and her need to make money doing it.
As I read other's advice to her I considered my experience. What is it that I enjoy so much about this?
We all care about others to some degree. We want to see people feeling relaxed and comfortable. We like to see them smile and talk about funny stories or great events. The times when we don't are a direct reflection of our disconnect with ourselves.
We've all done it, "How is it hat she has that great car? Her father must have given it to her." or "What is he doing with that beautiful girl? She must not be very smart."
That ugliness just means we are off track. We are not opening our eyes to our innate value and worthiness. Appreciation and love, on the other hand, are powerful catalysts for multiplying the goodness around us. The beauty we appreciate is revealed. As we perceive others with tender kindness, a flood of positive energy comes.
When I am teaching a class with this love and appreciation flowing through me, its like magic. I am far from the best, most knowledgeable online pilates instructor. But when this perception of the beauty and greatness in every person is flowing, the electric current of pleasure, the eagerness to improve the body, the appreciation of the body, we all expand together toward the perfection that is already in us.
I think that's what love is. Appreciating the good and seeing it in people and things and letting those feelings flow through me. I can teach a class or make a pilates video without those feelings going through me but why would I want to?
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