Day 6 of my daily reflection practice inspired by Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison.

What struck me?

“If you do what you did, you get what you got.”

“Practice is doing the work. It is following up your intention with action.”

What does this mean in my life and practice?

These two quotes from today’s reading are the conflict between my intentions and my reality. I do not want to stay stuck, I know what I am doing will keep me where I am, yet here I am.

I know better than anyone that when you start walking down new paths you find new lands. Why then do I track back to walk the paths that I have walked before. Those that keep me stuck? Stuck in a cycle of exhaustion and excess that lacks the energy to forge ahead.

This means that I don’t negotiate with myself, I do it. I don’t make excuses, I do it. I know better, and I do better. Every time I am true to this statement, I am taking one step closer to my new reality.

Just do it.