Inner mantra, outer glow

All day long I have had a smile on my face.  Okay, maybe not first thing in the morning, but I got up at like 7:30 this morning... way too early.  Lots of reasons for smiling today.  So I had to write again and list many of the reasons I'm smiling, which are all based on

Things I am going to do when I am better:

-Resume a daily yoga practice
-Cartwheels
-Other various acrobatics
-Dancing (and I don't mean my "white girl" dancing; I mean "shake it like a Polaroid picture" dancing)
-Standing to cook and clean and wait in line or whatever the hell I need to stand and do for more than like five minutes
-Sitting in movie theaters, on long car rides, on planes, in front of my computer writing
-More playing with the dogs, more Frisbee because it won't hurt so much
-If not running then walking really, really fast
-Swimming - serious swimming
-Gardening
-Sightseeing and traveling
-Going to classes - in person, not just online

I keep coming up with all kinds of things I will get to do.  I said the world seemed bigger.  The possibilities seem limitless.  The hope is unfettered.

And in gratitude, this is my prayer:

Om Namah Shivaya Gurave (I offer myself to the one true teacher within and without) Saccidananda Murtaye (In the forms of reality, consciousness and bliss) Nisprapancaya Shantaya (Ever present and full of peace) Niralambaya Tejase (Independent being, the vital essence of illumination)