Yesterday, i've had a rough encounter, right after my first day as a gym teacher, so I had to cancel some classes.
I had this huge weird / wonderful thing happen.
An old man, at the same gym where I teach a Bikram yoga class, walked up to me (as he did for every man and woman in front of the yoga room) and told me that he was my fan and he had followed my blog and was so happy for me.
And I have this huge "I am in complete awe of this person" feeling.
It's kind of like when a fan looks at you and says "I love your music", and then you go in and tell them how much you love music.
I am so incredibly inspired by his honesty and humour.
In his early 20's, he had a massive stroke, and spent the first week or so in a coma.
He was paralyzed from the neck down, couldn't eat, had to have dialysis and countless other things.
He had trouble swallowing, so i had to take him to the grocery store with me, and help him pick out things.
I felt so guilty for doing that - like I was using him.
But he would tell me how lucky i was to be doing that.
And that he would do the same for his wife, if he had her, when he could.
When I read this, I had tears streaming down my face.
I am going to be so motivated, from now on, to do everything I can to help him out - for whatever he needs or wants, I will do it.
I feel so bad that my original post about him was so short and kind of nonexistent.
I am not very good at "publishing" posts (especially at night).
But this made me think about all the ways that people inspire me, and their kindness.
I am humbled by all the stuff people do for me.
I am always astounded that these people actually read my blog and come up to me at shows and yoga classes.
I have people come up to me at classes and ask me questions at random.
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18 Mar 2022 22:21 CET
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