We have one task: to live. Every day.

Last night, I dreamt that I had lost a day in the abyss of my mind.

In my dream, I woke up early, as is my habit, and I started setting up for that morning’s yoga class. The thing is, though, that I only teach a regular morning class on Saturdays, not Fridays.

And that’s how I realized that Friday had gotten lost.

I tried the best I could to recall Friday: what had I done, who had I seen, what did I have for lunch? But at some point in my dream, I decided it was impossible. Friday was just gone. Just before I woke up, I remember having the thought: “At least, I hope I enjoyed it.”

I am sitting with that sentiment this morning. The truth is that I probably have lived most of my life like that: so focused on getting somewhere or on achieving something or on parsing out what happened yesterday, that I forget to be fully where I am. For all those moments: at least, I hope I enjoyed them.

Last year, my mother reminded me of a quote from one of Denmark’s most famous Lutheran ministers, Johannes Møllehave: “Life is not about being blessed or winning or reaching a certain goal. The gift to us is that we live. The task is to live every day. Not just to survive another day.”

That is the task, today, this moment, all moments: to live. To truly live.

Next up: online vinyasa Saturday June 4 at 13H00 UTC (9am EST, in Brooklyn). See you there?