I get a massage almost every week no matter where I am, eat a healthy diet, schedule time alone, and if I get to a point where I feel I need a block of time...I'll cancel. -- Anne Wilson Schaef
Do we love and care for our body as well as we love and care for our home and car? Do we feel our body deserves full attention and a loving maintenance plan?
Taking our body for granted is easy because of its remarkable durability and regenerative power. We may get lulled into a false sense of "nine lives" body security, believing our physical being will fix itself no matter what.
Self-care takes time and priority planning to be successful. We may find we put off our exercise and nutritional needs saying, "Tomorrow I'll start taking better care of myself." But sooner or later tomorrow comes, and our body produces symptoms that demand attention.
Learning to love and nurture our body brings rewards without measure. We deserve to reap the benefits starting today.
Today let me realize that respect for my body builds a healing temple in which the rest of my life can grow.
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
Unfortunately, that'd be me....
not much exercising, still smoking, although I am going to try and quit by the time I've reached a year of sobriety. Too much caffaine and sugar and I eat one meal a day--which a lot of times is not as healthy as it should be and I wonder why I feel as bad as I do physically when I have almost a year without alcohol.
I need to take better care of my body, that's for sure.
Thanks for posting this reminder.
