The Universe, Centered or Tilted?

Today, already, seems so much different than yesterday. I spent all day focusing, concentrating, and centering. I wanted to change the direction of routine, jump out of the ordinary, and feel alive rather than sputtering along.

It seems to have worked.

I've been reading about breathing. It's been so key! This morning during spinning at 6:15, I was aware of my breathing and it got me through. Now I know why women do the breathing exercises during labor... although I wouldn't even guess to know how that feels... all I know is that it seems to work well. So this awareness is helping me center and focus. My universe is centered.

Yet, on the other side of the world, the universe is tilted a little this morning. British authorities arrested 21 people who were apparently involved in a suspected terrorist plot. Travel today will be brutal since the plan was to blow up 9 or 10 airplanes on their way from the UK to the US. I don't get the fascination with blowing up airplanes. I don't get why that's apparently the cool thing to do. What does blowing up a few planes accomplish? It most definitely ruins lives, but on the larger scale, what's that going to do? Is it just a bullying method? Is it meant to scare people? Ruin the travel industry?

I feel so good this morning, but at the same time watching the news right now is just another reminder of how fragile this world is right now. People fighting all the time; understanding is not a part of the equation. How can we be "in the 21st century" as we like to say -- with all the technology, a striving for equality, rhetoric of political correctness -- and so much of the world is still very primitive? You won't go to a third world country and find our 21st century lives. How can the world be so vastly different? We can be different in culture and belief, obviously. It just boggles my mind how little other people have in some other countries.

But I'm going to try to keep up this great feeling in my body all day long. I'm excited that I stuck to my plan for going to the gym. That's one step in many in becoming more in tune with myself. Being in tune with Sarah yesterday was the greatest part of my Wednesday.