Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Wisdom is understanding the connection of all things; enlightenment is being that connection.

LIVING YOUR YOGA: Look at a shirt in your closet. Have you even thought about how many people contributed to it hanging there? The shirt has in it the soil that grew the cotton, the sun and rain that nourished it, the people who picked it, those who spun it, those who wove it, and so much more. Before you put it on, offer silent gratitude for how we are all connected. 

In one of his speeches at TED, Sir Ken Robinson reminds us that it's difficult to identify the things we take for granted because, well, we take them for granted. This practice of acknowledging everything and every person that goes into something as simple as a shirt is a great way of evaluating what we overlook daily. Once you start appreciating where these simple items are coming from, you will start to see the impact you make on the world. What objects, what thoughts, what ideas, are you connected to? How can you improve your interactions with others to create a more positive connection, both for yourself and for them?

"Great minds talk about ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people."