Your Yoga Fortune

On a visit from my brother last year around June, along with the rest of my immediate family, we took a tour of the beach front at Newport, Oregon. Along the walkway there was a fortune machine that we, of course, had to pop our 50¢ in the machine just to see what would come out. My brother, Will, was the first to try the machine and as expected his fortune was ejected in the shape of a movie ticket. I never got to read his fortune, I did however hear the mechanical head play a recording that stated, "Zultar foresees you putting in more money." As if it was by cue, we all started laughing. So of course I had to pop in my 50¢ just to hear that once more. And of course, without fail, I hear the same phrase. Being satisfied that we had a good laugh, we proceeded to find a lunch location and I thought nothing more of what the machine had given me.

As the family visit came to an end, I sat down about 3 months later to add to my scrapbook. I dug through my collections and treasures; there was the ticket from the fortune machine. I still didn't read it at that time, just laughed at what the machine had recited to us and enjoyed the moment once more.

Not long ago, after an accident I had with a neighbor’s dog, I had a friend bring me some tomato soup and help out around my house. As she was picking up some clothing to do some laundry, she came across my scrapbook and asked to look through it. As she was looking through the many pages she came across the coast trip with my family and said, "Oh wow, how true is that?" I asked her what she was referring to and she pointed to the fortune ticket. I started laughing and told her the story and how it made us all chuckle. She said, "Yea, but the fortune is so right on at this moment in your life." At that point I read it and for once in my life, believed in a fortune.

Even though it is a paper fortune from a silly machine, it touched me in a way that made me feel ten times better about my injuries and my state of mind at that present time. And because of that accident I have learned a lot. About people around me that I am not as close to, about my friends, about animals and even about how important my husband and my son are to me. All three of us have learned a lot about each other that we never knew existed. So ultimately, I am thankful for the outcome of my accident for being a positive one and thankful for the lesson it has taught me and others around me as well.

The fortune reads:

Your time will come when you feel out of sorts
In the future it is true, you will hurt
You will fall to the dirt with great pain
But, don't fear, with this hurt, knowledge you will gain
Above all you will heal in more ways than one
In a year physical scars you will bare
And at that time your learning will be done

It has really made me see the joy in such little things and think there is hope no matter how bad the situation is. Incorporating simple happy thoughts into your yoga practice can being you more than just a great yoga practice for that day, but it can also have a great impact on the rest of your day and into your evening. Your happiness will be forecasted onto others as well.