“How do you live when you believe the thought that your body should be different? How does that feel? ‘I’ll be happy later, when my body is healed.’ ‘I should be thinner, healthier, prettier, younger.’ This is a very old religion. If I think my body should be different from what it is now, I’m out of my business. I’m out of my mind!”
Byron Katie www.thework.com
I’ve noticed when I believe that my body should be different I really, really suffer! It’s so painful and sad! My life is suddenly miserable and depressing. I’m no longer accepting my reality. I think that “my behind shouldn’t be so wide, my legs shouldn’t be so large, my stomach should lose the extra flab.” However, when I accept what I see in the mirror and realize it’s as it should be and that its beautiful and attractive I no longer suffer. I am peaceful, happy and kind. It’s such a difference! I still exercise… and it’s because I want to, it’s powerful for me. I eat what I want. Wither that be a salad or a cookie. And I am okay! I’m not stressing or telling myself I shouldn’t eat the cookie when I eat the cookie. Or sometimes I do stress and tell myself “I shouldn’t” that’s when I begin to hurt. I know to ask myself in those moments “have I suffered enough?” And if that’s true for me I begin to do “The Work ” of Byron Katie. Katie says she’s not enlightened, she’s just knows what hurts and what doesn’t and she chooses not to hurt. I’ve noticed that sometimes I like to hurt, I like to suffer. So, it’s fine when I do. Or I do The Work and I begin to feel peace again! I’m in the process of reading two of Katie’s books; Question Your Thinking. Change The World. and Loving What Is. If your ready for peace in your life I suggest you get her books and start your inquiry. INQUIRE FOR YOUR TRUTH!
~Natalie
