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[ewt]

Folks, look after your bodies. You get one, one only, and just a handful of really good surgeons in the world. This is part of the reason I am so upset over my own collection of mild symptoms - my body is my tool for being in the world. I use it for every thing I do, and if it isn't working correctly, every thing I do is affected. My body is my instrument, without which I cannot make good music. My body is the only way I can communicate with the world, whether that means holding a loved one or enjoying their caress, putting dots on paper for other people to play music, writing letters to the bank to get my money back or shouting a warning to a child who runs into the road. My body is the only me/world interface that I have.

Yes, some people do get the short end of the 'body' stick - juvenile diabetes, unexplained illness, mental health problems, the rest of it. Few people are blessed with perfect physical health. But we owe it to ourselves to treat our bodies - the physical representation of our Selves - with love and care and respect. All other things being equal (and yeah, I know, all other things aren't equal), someone who looks after their body will be healthier than someone who does not.

Treasure your body, for all that may be 'wrong' or imperfect about it, and treat it well.

What do you do to honour, love, respect and enjoy your body?

Comments

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear!

I try to eat right, get good exercise, sleep right, relax, and get medical problems seen to effectively. I also try to support a select 'body fan club' for myself :-)

[ksta.livejournal.com]

I'm totally with you on this one.
I'm not religious, but totally understand the sanctity of the body stuff. Or at least, some of it.

[ksta.livejournal.com]

too many totallys!

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

Go body! Rah rah rah!

[sci.livejournal.com]

A good physical connection to the world. I'm trying, I'm trying. ^_^

[devvie.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to drink more water and exercise. :D

[pfy.livejournal.com]

What do you do to honour, love, respect and enjoy your body?

I feed it chocolate.

Oh, wait...

[crankles.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about this lately. The biggest change I'm trying to make is to actually listen to my body and take action when it needs it, instead of getting frustrated and cursing it when it doesn't do what I want it to. I seem to have this subconscious idea that if my body isn't working right, it is because it is evil and it hates me. This is not exactly a healthy perspective, nor a logical one.

[flannelcat.livejournal.com]

I play with fire. Sounds weird, I know, but true. Body in motion is beautiful.

I eat. I sing. I make love. I make music. I dance. I enjoy touch, of any kind. I fill my life with as many people as possible, and try to laugh with them as much as possible. I enjoy the sun. :)

[sebab.livejournal.com]

I tried so, so hard to eat well, keep my weight good, get a lot of exercise, and reduce stress.

*cry*

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

I know.

And I know you're still trying.

I know it probably doesn't seem like things could be much worse, but I actually think you've done remarkably well given the circumstances.

If I could hug you and I thought it would help, I would.

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

I really wish there were something I could say or do to make things easier for you right now. It's so ridiculously unfair that someone who tries as hard as you do, someone who cares as much as you do, has had the shitty end of the stick for so long.

They (whoever "they" are) say life isn't fair, but how is that supposed to make it better?

I know in a lot of my own dark times you've been there with a word to let me know I'm not alone, despite having an awful lot on your own plate at the time.

I wasn't implying, not for a second, that you could have done anything better than you have. You work harder to take care of your health than the vast majority of 'healthy' people I know. The problem is that there isn't a duplicate you who just gave up and suffered a lot more, a lot sooner, so the "all other things being equal" bit is really difficult to keep in mind in a real-world application.

[403.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to figure out what my bodies' signals actally mean. (For example, I tend to have trouble distinguishing between hunger & nausea. Working on that.)

[hopeevey.livejournal.com]

Eat well, exercise regularly, bathe like I'm taking care of someone wonderful, stuffs like that :)

I like to

[pungoose.livejournal.com]

splosh around in lakes & the sea, more so than most people, seemginly, because I've been in places like Brighton on a hot summer day, and the beach has looooooooooooooads of people sunbathing, and very few venturing into the softly lapping waters of the English Channel. Odd.

Sometimes I think I should migrate south in search of milder weather.

Oh. Cooking and eating food with some degree of skill and interest probably counts, too.