“The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.” ― C Joybell C
Right between the eyes.
I was blessed to go to yoga while we were at the beach. I make it to a yoga class about once, maybe twice a month. I hope to go more often when school starts again. This room that yoga was practiced in had mirrors on the wall. This is good and not so good. It helps to look at alignment but then I also catch glimpses of my body that startle me and can send me on a body image nosedive.
I caught a glimpse of my extra fleshiness and it threw me into a tailspin. I think at first I want to deny these feelings of sadness and intellectualize them out and avoid the pain - also called "mentally meddling" and inhibits the feelings from flowing through. Perhaps because it was vacation, I kept eating beyond feeling full. The food called to me and I couldn't stop. Which had the affect of helping the nosedive to go even further down.
Being at the beach, I was thinking about my body size a little bit more. Strapping on a swim suit doesn't bother me as much as it did in the past but what I do find myself doing is looking at other people and think, "How do they do it? How do they stay slim?"
And that is not the right question, because....
Looking and thinking about other people's bodies is not going to transform my world experience!
I love that saying. My true journey in life is to transform my world experience from fear to love. This is what makes me so excited. I feel the presence of God when I follow this passion of wholeness.
After I have let the sadness of my imperfect body pass, I am once again able to see that weight does not equal self worth. I can live a full life in an imperfect body. It may take a day or two but the feelings pass and I can get on with living.
And the above C Joybell C quote came along right after my experience at the beach.
Right between the eyes.
~Namaste~
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