yoga wisdom

[serenissima]

As a benefit for the staff, my work provides a 45-minute yoga class every Tuesday, and I've been attending for the past couple weeks. Once in a while, the instructor likes to toss in a little bit of the philosophy behind the practice, in addition to just telling us how to pose and stretch. Today she shared with us the following:

Thoughts give rise to actions.
Actions give rise to habits.
Habits give rise to character.
Character gives rise to destiny.

I think I've heard something like this before -- in fact, I think it or something similar is in Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.