I am the decisive elephant

May 8, 2008 at 2:19 am elinordye Leave a comment

At the end of my yoga class, the teachers always read a quote. sometimes it’s meaningful, sometimes it’s totally insipid (i.e. “if we stop worrying about how much fun we’re having, we’d have a pretty good time.)

Sometimes I’ll get the same quote a couple times in a row from different teachers at different class times. This week we’ve been on a “Our greatest fear is not that we’re inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure…” kick, and while I’m not sure I buy the premise, the sentiment is nice (and incidentally turns up some kind of wacko google hits).

So today I’m in class with David, one of my favorite teachers. He’s a pretty serious British guy who talks in a really low, soothing voice. We’re in our final resting pose, waiting for our deep meaningful quote of the day, and David says “our quote today is from Goethe. It is called I am the decisive elephant”.

At which point our entire class started laughing uncontrollably, even though we’re supposed to be in this really serene, blissed out yoga zone. I was trying really not to laugh, but all I could think of was a really determined elephant walking through the grocery store, putting things into his shopping cart really quickly. Just grabbing them off the shelf, one after the other.

Anyway. Clearly I am not studying. But in exciting news, I have only one paper left and then I’m officially finished with my first year of grad school. More Wanderlust related news coming your way shortly, I promise.