It’s Not About Being Happy All the Time

In yoga, there’s a quiet teaching about staying with what’s uncomfortable—not to force your way through it, but to meet it with presence.

It’s not about avoiding challenge.
It’s about noticing it, naming it—“this feels hard” or “this scares me”—and choosing to stay.

To breathe.
To move slowly.
To keep going.

It’s not about never falling, or getting everything right.
It’s about being open to the full experience—whatever it brings—and trusting that you’ll find your way back when things feel off track.

Resilience doesn’t come from perfection.
It comes from the moments you stay with yourself instead of pulling away.
From sitting with discomfort, without rushing to escape it.
From learning that you can do hard things without abandoning yourself.

That’s where the real practice is.
Not on a mat. Not in the calm.
But in life, as it happens.