I have been thinking a lot about my body. In my work, the body is a key
to learning anything. Unless we ‘embody’ new distinctions, we continue
to operate inside our habitual worldview and way of being—‘inside the
box’. What I can see is that my conversation about my body, like all my
conversations needs to change as I grow older. If I attempt to apply
the same concepts and tools I learned and used as a young man to deal
with who I am today, including my body, then I am going to be trapped
in the same patterns. If my life story is any indication, I will push
‘doing it my way’ to the absolute limit before acknowledging it is once
again time to ‘grow up’. For example, when I stopped smoking, it was only after the medical messenger said ‘or else’ after a physical examination.[
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Written by Jim Selman at Health
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