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My yoga teacher says the same thing at the end of every
\nclass every Monday night at 9 pm. After we\u2019ve all lay prone in the dark with our hands at our sides for
\nseveral minutes, she has us sit up in the lotus position and\u00a0she reminds us \u201cTake yoga with you this
\nweek, don\u2019t leave it here in class. Especially when you feel stressed, remember
\nyour posture and your breathing.\u201d That\u2019s good advice. Every week I pledge to try to stand and sit
\nup straight instead of my usual shuffling and slumping around.\u00a0 Then she begins meddling a little. \u201cRemember
\nto stay focused on the positive. Remember that what you focus on grows.\u201d<\/p>\n

This yogic advice reminds me of Philippians 4:8,9 \u201cWhatever is true, honorable, just, pure,
\npleasing, commendable, excellent, worthy of praise, think on these things.\u201d I
\nhear her say it every week, but last week, for some reason, the truth of what
\nshe was saying struck home. A person can take only so many years of being
\nnegative before you discover it\u2019s tiring and not very productive. Nor is it
\nvery original. Her advice, \u201cWhat you focus on grows,\u201d reminds me of mobile
\ndevices where, with the motion of thumb and forefinger, you can shrink an image
\nor paragraph, or you can expand it. We have the same power mentally if we
\nwould use it. My yoga teacher is absolutely right. What you focus on grows.<\/p>\n

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