First of all, I was impressed when he admitted it was his first yoga class. I've been trying to drag my man to a yoga class for years. After class, I began a conversation with the man and learned that he had only recently begun taking better care of himself. Yoga was only part of his regimen. He was also to participate in a weightlifting competition and began yoga to achieve balance in his body. In fact, he'd lost over 100 pounds since October!
"I finally decided to get off the nail, you know?" he told me.
I'd never heard the expression "get off the nail" so he told me the story....
There was a man who would take long walks every evening. On his walks, he would pass an old house with an old man, an old woman and and old dog on the front porch. The man would wave to the old couple every night but was perplexed at the old dog who lay at their feet. The dog would moan continuously.
As the days past, the old couple would smile and wave when the man took his walks but that dog... just kept moaning. When his curiosity got the better of him, the man finally approached the old couple and asked, "What is wrong with your dog? I've walked by here for days now and he's moaning all the time."
The old woman spoke, "Oh, well he's lying on a nail."
Shocked, the man replied, "That explains the moaning but why doesn't he just get up and move somewhere else?"
"I guess it doesn't hurt enough yet." was her response.
I loved this story. It also reminded me of a quote I heard recently:
"We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing."
~ Henry Cloud
Is there something that you're complaining about that you have the power to change?
Maybe it's easier to forgive yourself for remaining stagnant if you think of this story. It just doesn't hurt enough yet.
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