The Shift...

I took to the mat last night, after a couple of very busy, very interesting days. An opportunity to centre, reflect and feel.  Tuesday was the blind date set up for Samantha. The four of us hit Reds in Toronto for a few hours of laughs and great conversation. By the time I crawled into bed however, something was unsettled within.  It was an opportunity to take my Yoga Practice off the mat...and I asked myself where the feeling was really coming from?  The dinner, or something it stirred up.  I sat in it, and the answers came.  I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.

Wednesday was a brand new day, I felt different.  Whatever had been troubling me was gone, in fact, I think a lot of things were gone. Perhaps one of those damn growing pains :). By lunch, Samantha and I walked through The Path to one of my favourite go-to places when I didn't have a chance to make a healthy lunch.  We left early to try to beat the noon hour line up... no such luck, seems to be a favourite for a lot of people.  We stood in line and Samantha leaned in and steering my attention to a man waiting for his order.  I scanned my brain trying to remember, I knew his face... Had she dated him, had I dated him, did we know him, from where?  Alas, he was with the football players at Weslodge last week.  The smile project was still alive.  We locked eyes and smiled.  Once I'd paid for my order, something in me insisted on making conversation. Amazing...will we run into each other again between our King West neighbourhood and close offices... Exciting stuff.

As we giggled the whole way back to the office, something had changed.  I locked eyes and exchanged smiles with another handful of men.  What was going on?  Even Samantha couldn't resist but point it out.  We left work and with the rainy weather decided on a new route home walking underground as far as we could down King Street.  The attention continued.  Oddly I wasn't looking for it so much as noticing it.  Everything felt different, lighter, free-er.  Is it possible men can sense when a woman is truly open and available? The truth is, somewhere in the unsettledness the night before, my heart finally let go...accepted a situation that I thought I needed to resolve and truly opened to a world of new possibilities...and there they were.  Hard to ignore...especially as things transitioned from smiles to real verbal exchanges...who needs the Internet to meet people in this city!?!

Something had shifted...

A new approach, a new sense of optimism, and proof of possibility...I can hardly wait for another night to take the Smile Project to the streets, or hot spots, of Toronto.

Still smiling, looking forward to Junior Friday in the city.