Knowing that my body is conveying important information literally all the time has been one of the most persistent challenging understandings to fully integrate. With each minor condition, even a sore muscle, a headache, a skin rash, or my blood pressure, all are providing me with important clues about what is going on with me emotionally and spiritually.
Of course I know this. You know this too. Those on any kind of a spiritual path know this to some degree, but fully accepting it requires that we heal and transform things that we have not previously been ready or willing to deal with. Which is precisely the reason our bodies are providing us with the message in a more forceful way.
Yesterday, I felt exhausted. And as always, I go through a conversation with myself looking for a justification. How hard have I been working? How busy have I been? What level of stress have I experienced? And if the conversation renders an opinion that I am indeed worthy of feeling exhausted, then and only then will I permit myself to take time for rest.
Isn’t that silly?
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