Headaches, hemorrhoids, sore throat, neck, ankle, mental, and all the other ailments affect our lives. No one is immune to body problems; even the young have their issues. Being a teenager was the hardest physical and mental struggle I ever went through. The hormones were out of control, but I survived and now I try to stay as healthy as I can. I exercise, do my relaxed breathing (meditate), stretch my body (Yoga), buy quality food when I can, and try to read as much as possible about new ways to help my body stay strong.

My stress level has been increasing and it’s been affecting my health. My legs and lower back get tight when life gets tough. No matter what I do, there are times I can’t get the muscles to relax. This makes my mind tight, which affects the joy that I can extract from life.

I tried to do what most people in our society have done – go to a doctor and hope they could heal me. All they said was nothing was wrong; the doctors told me to stretch and limber up so that my legs and back wouldn’t affect the quality of my life. I tried everything to limber my muscles, but nothing worked. I was trying to fix the problem from the outside in.

I should have thought to adjust my perspective on life and how I let it affect my body. When my legs and lower back were becoming tighter and tighter I realized that all the stretching and exercise wouldn’t fix my problem. I had to learn to be aware of my mental state, when to pull back from the stress and when I could handle it. This is a fine balance that varies daily. Right now my legs are tight and I can’t change that because of everything that’s going on in my life. My job has deadlines, my car is breaking down, and I have a cold. It’s all layered to make me feel worse, but what I can change is how I view daily existence. When an athlete enjoys the moment, mentally immersed and without fear then the stress is only a part of life, not something to mentally cripple their enjoyment of living. An athlete that lives without fear of the outcome has created a mind-body connection that is one with the outside world.

I wouldn’t trade my body for anyone else’s in the world. I’ve learned to appreciate my body and all it offers. It’s not perfect, but it’s mine and I learn from it daily. That’s what I should have been focusing on all along. Trying to learn as much from my body as possible, listening to its communication and working with it to stay strong. The main difference between the old me and the new me is that I’m not trying to solve my problems. The old me kept trying to make my body complete – perfect. It will never be perfect. It will always have something not quite right. It’s the nature of an aging body. Instead of going to doctors and trying to solve all my body ailments I’ve learned to live and grow with most of them because I don’t have a perfect body. It doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy what my body does offer me each and every day – orgasms, oxygen, beautiful colors, cool conversations, mowing my grass, and giving love.

 

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 at 9:08 pm and is filed under Business.