YOGA

I have never been one to try many new things..until the past few years of my life. I would normally make up my mind before trying something at all. This was most evident in food. Fruits and vegetables and anything else that didn't look aesthetically pleasing wasn't going to enter my stomach. Through a relationship that I had a year or so ago, I was challenged to try to new things. We made a list of all of the foods that I hadn't tried yet (the list was really long) which was pretty bad considering I was 21 years old already. The list included pineapple, kiwi, peaches, strawberry's, grapes, apples, sushi, and others. I was very picky, haha. Anyways, recently I have realized how much having that person challenge me to try new things is effecting some of the decisions that I am making now in my life. I am at the point where I don't put a ton of thought into things and just try them instead. There's nothing wrong with trying and failing.

Last weekend, I saw a recipe for a cake that I thought looked delicious. It was a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting! It looked amazing in the magazine, so I took a picture of the recipe with my phone. Over the weekend when I was home, I spent 4 hours making the cake. Grant it, it was my first ever time baking something from scratch, but 4 hours!??! (1.5 hours was placing the peanuts on the side one-by-one because I couldn't find a better way) But it turned out perfectly! I think I could enter it into a cake making contest and not get laughed at and people would eat it! I enjoyed the process of making something from scratch and watching people enjoy eating it! It makes me want to bake more often now!

Also last Sunday, at church I was flipping through the bulletin and there was an announcement about yoga. I have never attempted yoga before and to be honest always thought it was a joke. I'm used to contact sports and sweating a lot when I work out, and this doesn't fall anywhere close. Curtis, Erik, and I decided to try it out on Monday nights. It was amazing!!! It was Christian yoga, where they teach you to breath while you are doing the positions and to focus your attention on God and pray while you are relaxing and stretching. It was a great workout! I was sweating and stretched out very well afterward. My favorite thing about it was the calmness that I felt during and after. My mind was completely cleared and I felt no stress after we were done. I also felt that I had had some intimate time with Christ during it. I love yoga! And am going to continue going and learning more!

All this is to say that I am thankful that someone saw the need for me to try things and encouraged me to do so. I have experienced many new things and am loving it! If you are like I was and are pretty picky and set in your ways, I encourage you to try something that you never would before. I only wish I had done this earlier on!