Up on the roof

Today, after a couple of days of just sitting around the apartment, I decided to do my yoga on the roof. I live on floor 26 of 28, so I took the stairs the two flights to get there. I figure if I take two flights of stairs every day, that will be excellent exercise. The sun was really beating down, and there is some shade there, but I discovered that the water sprinklers were on in the flower beds! If I got too hot, I just let some of that cool water spray across my arms and legs. Nice.

There was one person up there smoking, a woman, and another person, a man who works in the building, cleaning the floor and picking up. I decided to do my yoga anyway. I can't let myself be intimidated by people -- they're everywhere here!

Great decision! It really elevated my mood and made me appreciate again how lucky I am to be living in NY. I stayed only 20 minutes, but it set the tone for my day. I couldn't wait to share these thoughts on my blog. I hope people reading this will take a few moments out of every day to "go to the roof" so to speak. Get a little sun, stop and look at the world around you, breath slowly and intentionally, and thank God for the life inside you.