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She loved to soar, to feel her long hair tickle her back as
she dreamed herself winged and free. When things hurt, she would sing a little
tune and take herself away, away with her imagination—anywhere her wings dared soar, just not there, in the moment, where it hurt the most.
But her body?
It lingered behind,
weighing her down.
Her hips,
They swelled
saying,
“Ground yourself. We need you here on earth. Face your
fears. Please…!” They seemed to yell as those hips they grew and grew and grew,
now too big for yet another pair of pants,
“Please share your beauty with the world, not just the heavenly skies.
We need you here! Only then will we stop trying to ground you, only then will
we stop our speak.”
And when she finally listened,
Suddenly,
she lost all that weight.
Her friends asked her how she did it, to share her diet
And when she answered, she left them all confused
For what she said was simple,
she just listened
to her body
Speak.
* * *
Every time he walked into that house, his legs began to
ache. But he didn’t listen. He thought life was just a lot quieter in that
house, the one at the end of the cul-de-sac with the beauty bark and the vinyl
siding, and the wife he thought he loved, so quiet that he only noticed the
aching in his legs...there. Work was loud. Restaurants and bars were loud. Even
friend’s houses were loud. He felt the aches in his legs only at home simply
because it was quiet there, right?
So his body had no choice but to speak a little louder.
He loaded up on potassium and magnesium since someone said
he must have been vitamin deficient. Then he took up jogging, because maybe he
wasn’t exercising enough. But still, every time he walked back into that house,
the one at the end of the cul-de-sac, with the wife he thought he loved, his
legs, they began to ache.
Then one day, he got into his car and drove away. And he
noticed, for the first time, that his legs, they didn’t ache anymore. So he
turned around and drove back home. And there in the garage, he noticed, even
with his music blaring, that the aching had returned.
“Get out, move on, let us carry you away!” they seemed to
yell to this man who seemed as if he could not hear.
But he did that day in the garage.
He listened.
To his body speak.
And saved himself
from a life
that no longer served
his soul.
* * *
Our bodies speak—sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly, but
they always, always have a voice and they only speak for us to hear. My Wish
for you this week, is that you begin to listen more closely to your own body
speak. How does it react to this setting or that person or the sugar in that
spoon? Why does it hurt then and tingle there, and are you really sure it’s the
shoes and not a message from your knees? Regardless of how old you are, when
you listen to your body speak you learn more about who you are not just as a
person but as a soul, a soul on a journey. You learn that you are not first a
body. You are first a soul. And as a soul, your path is much, much bigger than
any diagnosis or pill can ever address. Truth is, your body is your ally and
every day, every hour, every moment, it is guiding you with the unceasing, all
encompassing wisdom—of your soul. Honor it by listening to your body speak, and it can do nothing less than honor You.
6 comments:
Oh Brynne! I have missed coming here and reading your beauty! <3 The stars were aligned for me to have time today! And I am so grateful!
Ohh Jodi! I have missed YOU! Thank you for returning and brightening up my day! I have a new smile now alllll because of YOU!:)
The pain and suffering our bodies and minds endure due to the lack of compassion and understanding of our deeper Self. Body weight and raw emotions are not an easy subject to discuss under most circumstances. Thanks for daring to bring it into the Light. I can personally attest to the positive changes in emotional body and physical body produced by Honoring One Self. Thanks Brynne!
This is so right...when I had to bring my body back to health I listened...it showed me what was best for it and by listening the weight fell away and the load lightened for all of me.
It is really true...when we honor our Selves, so very much changes, dear Tim. Thanks for your kind and thoughtful words. As always you warm me into a smile.
Soo glad it resonated for you, dear Jo. I know there are foods that make us gain weight, or lack of exercise, thyroid issues, etc, but listening to our deeper Selves can show us the bigger picture. For me, therein lies the root of what is really going on. Thanks for weighing in...:) I always love finding you here, dear peaberry!
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