Dear Friends,
I was re-reading my own blog post last week, the one where I talked about the movie Frozen and doing the next right thing. As I was reading it over, an area in my life was suddenly brought to the forefront of my mind. This particular area is an area where I needed to do the next right thing. Did I want to do it? No, I really didn’t. But it was something I ought to do even if it wasn’t something I wanted to do. So I did it, I did the thing. And, turns out, it didn’t solve my particular issue even in the slightest. But, as I have been thinking about that situation, and about doing the next right thing even though I didn’t want to, my mind has been coming back to the fact that doing the next right thing is not about the results, it’s not about the outcome…it’s about doing the correct thing even if we don’t get the results we want, even if it doesn’t solve the issue and fix the glitch and get us the outcome we were hoping for. Sometimes that’s deeply frustrating, sometimes the outcome is really hard to let go of…and even so, even when it’s hard and frustrating I think we still have to show up and do the next right thing. Have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista
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Dear Friends,
OK, Disney’s Frozen. Yes, yes, I’m a little late to the game, I know, I know…but hear me out. Last weekend I was babysitting my niece and nephew and we decided to have a “frozen” marathon. My kids were a bit too old when the movies came out, so I missed them entirely. And, let me tell you my friend, yes, they were adorable…but they also really hit. So I’m sitting here, cuddling on the couch in my sister's basement with my nephew and niece, tearing up with these adorably touching movies and having a fabulous time…and this song comes on. Somewhere in the middle of the second movie, when one of the heroines is in the depths of despair without any knowledge of how she’s going to make it through, she bursts into song...as one does... “I follow you around, I always have But you've gone to a place I cannot find This grief has a gravity, it pulls me down But a tiny voice whispers in my mind ‘You are lost, hope is gone But you must go on And do the next right thing’” And isn’t that the truth, my friend. Yes, sometimes hope is gone and we simply can’t see if or even how we can do the best thing…and yet, even in the darkest of times, I think there is space where we can see the “next right thing”. Maybe we don’t know if it’s the best, maybe we don’t know how it will turn out…but we can know it’s something, we can act with good intentions even if we might not know the outcome of said intentions. My dear friend, if you’re in the middle of not quite knowing what the best thing is, I hope you can stop, take a deep breath, and do the next right thing. Have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista Dear Friends,
A couple of weekends ago at our retreat in Harper’s Ferry, I did something I’ve never done before. I had a couple of lovely ladies come out and teach a “paint night” during our retreat. 15 of us gathered around the tables in front of adorable little easels with plates of paint and different sized paint brushes in front of us…13 of us never having done anything like this before and, let’s be honest, most of us just plain doubtful of our ability to create art. Our leader Emily guided us through our painting, walking with us every step of the way as we created our paintings, slowing down when needed, going over steps again when needed. And oh my goodness, they all turned out wonderfully. All of us created something beautiful, with overarching similarities, but with unique differences in each of our creations. I was not the only one who had doubts about my own artistic abilities that night, but with a willingness to try something new despite doubting our own abilities, we all ended up creating something beautiful, unique, and our own. My dear friend, I hope when the opportunities arise, we take the chance, and perhaps try something new, even if we might have doubts about our own abilities. Have an amazing week, my friend. Love Krista Dear Friends,
This past weekend I was on retreat with 15 other wonderful humans…and at the beginning of our retreat I asked all of us to think of and sit with an intention. The phrase that came into my head as I sat there was “I am strong and independent, I can do this on my own”. So, you know last week when I was talking about life being unclear, to be determined, and, subsequently, a hard place to sit in? Well, not but a few hours after I wrote that blog post did life start shifting and changing…at a breakneck pace. Now, these changes, they’re still not fully out of that TBD land, but they are certainly more clear then they were last week…and they certainly require me to be strong and independent, and willing to do things on my own. All good, all exciting, all needed changes…but man, this past week and change has been a LOT. Sometimes we’re stuck in that uncomfortable, unclear, TBD land…and other times the ground is shifting under our feet so quickly that we don’t quite know what to do with ourselves. Sometimes these changes are good and needed and important…but even the good, needed and important changes can still be scary and overwhelming. My dear friend, if you are in the midst of change, I hope you can find your grounding and lean into the ride. Have an amazing week. Love Krista |
Hi, I'm Krista!Krista Mason is a movement instructor based in Washington DC. She founded an online strength, yoga and movement studio, teaches group classes, hosts both local and overseas retreats, hangs out with private clients, and absolutely loves the work she gets to do. Archives
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