Saturday

 

Full Reflection – Saturday

Daily Reflection – Falling in Love with Life

This morning, I wanted to rest, but discipline woke me up. I went to my yoga mat, did my push-ups, and stayed in motion. My yoga sequence is taking me to places in my body I never knew existed. I realize healing requires discipline—no procrastination.

Later, I listened to a message being shared. At first, I drifted into sleep, but when the speaker began talking about kindness—giving, respecting the poor, not looking down on others—I woke up in shock. The words were powerful, but I also noticed how often people speak truths they don’t always live. That’s when it hit me: preaching can be a performance. True discipline is lived, not posed.

Still, the message touched me. Afterwards, I sat in the park, and love for my parents rose up in me. My father once begged me to return to Nigeria just to see him. Sometimes wisdom only comes through pain and time. And lately, a song from 1975 has been pulling me toward my mother’s spirit. I was six when it came out, but now I feel her in it.

Even my running is changing—slower, more inward—as I open new parts of my body. I cannot explain this to people anymore, but I love this life. I am ready to teach. Wherever I go, people speak about giving and helping, but often they only want to hear misery. My truth is different: my truth is inner peace, built through years of hard work.

Every morning, as I stretch and pray, I wrestle with thoughts from the past and the future. I fight them until they let go, and I choose the present moment. That is my practice. That is my peace.

And when I introduce myself in new spaces, I do it with no performance, no pretending—just teaching from experience. Because this life amazes me every single day.

—Ade Olude | Yoruba Yogi