Earth Kids Yoga | Houston TX | A Children's and Family Yoga Business

LILI CHISCAN
RYT200, CCYT

~ A Children's and Family Yoga Business ~

Ithaca
by Constantine Cavafy

When you set sail for Ithaca,
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,
an angry Poseidon -- do not fear.
You will never find such on your path,
if your thoughts remain lofty, and your spirit
and body are touched by a fine emotion.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,
a savage Poseidon you will not encounter,
if you do not carry them within your spirit,
if your spirit does not place them before you.
Wish for the road to be long.
Many the summer mornings to be which with
pleasure, with joy
you will enter ports seen for the first time;
stop at Phoenician markets,
and purchase the fine goods,
nacre and coral, amber and ebony,
and exquisite perfumes of all sorts,
the most delicate fragances you can find,
to many Egyptian cities you must go,
to learn and learn from the cultivated.
Always keep Ithaca in your mind.
To arrive there is your final destination.
But do not hurry the voyage at all.
It is better for it to last many years,
and when old to rest in the island,
rich with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaca to offer you wealth.
Ithaca has given you the beautiful journey.
Without her you would not have set out on the road.
Nothing more has she got to give you.
And if you find her threadbare, Ithaca has not deceived you.
Wise as you have become, with so much experience,
you must already have understood what Ithaca means.

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• http://rainbowkidsyoga.net
• http://vedanet.com
• http://sanskritmantra.com
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_P._Cavafy
• http://www.brucelipton.com
• http://www.drjoedispenza.com
• http://mkaku.org
• http://www.yoga4peace.org
• http://www.everykidsyoga.com
• http://www.houstonayurveda.com
• http://arexpressions.org
• http://www.shrutiinc.com
• http://carmeltemple.org
• http://www.martiewingyoga.com
• http://mantramom.com
• http://www.DalesGraphicDesign.com

Your beliefs become your thoughts
Your thoughts become your words
Your words become your actions
Your actions become your habits
Your habits become your values
Your values become your destiny
– Mahatma Gandhi

Goodbye, said the fox. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,
The Little Prince

We can control our lives by controlling our perceptions.
– Bruce H. Lipton