Self-Love

Care for your body: Self-love and self-acceptance are the ultimate acts of self-care.

I believe your body greatly appreciates acts of self-care. Flossing your teeth, strengthening your lungs and heart... even taking vitamins. Simple things each day add up to great positive affect on your body - which includes your mind!

I make steps to care for my body - as I have been neglecting it in its time of greatest need. Not the last few months... but the years before that. I have put things into my body, breathed, ate and drank poisons. I'm not judging myself for a couple of drinks here and there or the fact that I began smoking - and self judgment is only worth as much as you can GAIN from it.

I must do what is in the interest of my health - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. I can get side-tracked by one of these and focus intently on one aspect which can be good - to a point. There is a point at which other aspects of health begin to suffer - that is, IF you let them. But how can we achieve this balance? How can all of these organ systems, energy systems work together to create the most healthy, peaceful, productive and enjoyable environment? How do we best integrate the pieces of ourselves to form one solid human being?

I worry that I will never be able to "not think" about my body again.. but perhaps that is alright. This way I can make a semi-conscious effort to better my body with each chance I get. One thing I can do is continue to not smoke cigarettes. :-) I can walk each day, brush my teeth and eat more vegetables. I can read the words of some of life's most "successful" and "happy" people. I can see who is out there, what they have to offer, and how I can help... Soon I will be able to do yoga, volunteer at a hospital, but for now - I must breathe deeply, relax into the pain and rebuild my life one vertebrae at a time...

Love,

M