How you want things to be or think they should be can really get in the way of accepting and working with what is.
They can make any attempt a disappointment and even make trying so impossible that you don’t.
Accepting what is and your attempt in the moment as good enough opens us to trying and learning and growth.
Especially unreasonably high expectations can be like that ideal yoga pose that does not exist but can ruin and color our experience making it a sure disappointment.
Joy, on the other hand, flows from an openness to what is, an open-hearted presence that appreciates and celebrates.
My yoga and meditation practices return me again and again to this joy!
The Every Day Yogi 