Volunteering - In search of a GURU

Sometimes in life you are blessed to run across people who inspire you. They make you want to be a better person. They unknowingly teach you a life lesson. On Saturday, I was blessed to run into just one of those people and she didn't even know it. 

I was chatting with another volunteer about her reason for giving. She said she has never been to a race and doesn't know what to expect from today's event. She isn't a runner nor does she pretend to be. When her husband goes out to do his exercise, she goes along and walks back and forth until he's done. She doesn't have a clear understanding of what she's doing, but she knows what she wants is to change her life forever.

So here she is, at this race to see for herself what running is all about. She wants to carefully observe people's habits, to learn and better understand what makes them go the distance. 

She said for years she's lived a sedentary life, getting older, fatter, and unhappier. Now she wants to be just like her husband. One day he just got off the coach and little by little became the most amazing athlete she's ever known. She wants to be just like him always moving, meeting people, energetic, and charming. But most of all, she wants to always be happy. 

Then it dawned on me. This lady - the seeker - already found her guru.

An authentic guru - a true teacher - arrives when you finally give up hoping someone else will take take your hand and show you the way. Your true guru has always been there for you -  deep inside of you. All you have to do is listen to yourself. 

This is how I know the guru is within you: 

I knew where to go and I gave myself permission to trust the nonverbal part of my brain. And one of the most scientifically proven ways to tap into one's nonverbal part of their brain is to listen to their body. When I heard my body say it was time to change I listened and found a way to teach it to move.

I aligned myself with the natural ebb and flows of my life. I took action and picked an event that would allow me to learn to move in a sport that will take me toward my goal of fit living. I moved forward with a purpose. 

I am open to new directions, and unexpected opportunities.

When I make decisions that feel like joy and freedom, I am living from my soul and tapping into my truest purpose. Running is food for my soul and I am feeding it.

I am asking for help from unexpected places. So I went to a race and volunteered my time and energy. In return, I receive help toward my fit living goal.

I am seeking my truth and am ready to listen with an open heart. 

I am searching for my tribe - link minded people - to give me input on what is right for me. 

I expect miracles. 

So as the seeker and I parted, life in it's awesome simplicity revealed to me the Guru she sought was was already in her. Just as it is in me.


I thank you my friend for this gift. 
 


Namaste