By Leo Babauta
One thing I’ve seen is that we spend quite a lot of our lives wrapping our id in our our bodies. If our physique is one thing we’re happy with, we really feel actually good about ourselves … however rather more usually, it’s a way that one thing is unsuitable with us as a result of our our bodies don’t hit some ideally suited. That’s been written about quite a bit earlier than, so I gained’t dive an excessive amount of into that.
I do that too, btw, so I’m not immune — when there’s part of my physique that I like, I be ok with myself, however extra usually I see the “flaws” and really feel unhealthy about myself.
What strikes me is that this can be a lot like wrapping our id within the espresso mug we drink from. It’s placing our self value within the car of expertise.
Our our bodies are a car for residing. They don’t have anything to do with our value or goodness as an individual.
One other good metaphor is driving a automotive — we might spend a lot time sharpening the automotive, placing stickers on it, portray it, modifying it, making an attempt to get it to be good. And that is tremendous, even enjoyable. But in addition … it’s a car for getting us someplace, a car for experiencing a journey. The automotive itself is just not the journey.
Our our bodies aren’t us, nor are they the expertise. They’re part of the expertise, nevertheless it’s like placing our consideration on the automotive as an alternative of the surroundings we’re driving by, or the music that’s taking part in, or the daylight that’s shining on us.
What would it not be like to think about the physique not as who we’re or some sort of indicator of our value or our id … however merely as a car for residing? A vessel for expertise?
This may calm down our worrying about how we glance, however can even encourage us to maintain the vessel or get it stronger and more healthy, simply sufficient in order that we will benefit from the journey of life, as an alternative of getting the car break down.
