Thursday, June 24, 2010

ACCEPTING YOUR BODY

 
Your body is the ground and metaphor of your life,
the expression of your existence. 
It is your Bible, your encyclopedia, your life story. 
Everything that happens to you 
is stored and reflected in your body. 
In the marriage of flesh and spirit 
divorce is impossible 
-Gabrielle Roth-


Many of us have a love hate relationship with our bodies. We indulge them, deprive them, stuff them or starve them, overwork and underwork them, spoil them, punish them, enjoy them, suffer them, and, at times, feel betrayed by them. Accepting your body begins by making peace with and coming to love and admire the body you've been given. The human journey begins and ends with the body and is the only thing you are guaranteed to keep for an entire lifetime. So as the saying goes; "If you don't take care of your body, where will you live?"