I, being of sound, mind and whatever else.
i am currently undergoing a severe 10 day cleanse that insists of no alcohol and no carbs until May 20th. I have successfully made it past day number 4 and i desperately desire to tuck myself away in a corner with a bottle of Cab, Panda Express and a colossal box of sugar cookies and chow down!
despite my craving for the sugar and fat, i am engaging in this ritual because i yearn to refresh and detoxify my body. i am alerting my body of the vital break it needs from the yucky hangovers, the constipation, the sudden loss of energy and the sugar-crashes. needless to say, someone once told me that we must not let our bodies tell our minds what to do. our minds are much more powerful than our bodies and we must never let ourselves acquiesce to a bodily temptation. isn't that ironic? given that we do it ALL THE TIME. food, sex, weight issues, you get the idea.
but what about our hearts, eh? rumor has it that you must always listen to your heart... yet your heart lies within your body. now THERE'S something to keep philosophers busy for awhile.
each time i have followed my heart, indeed i believed i was traveling in the right direction, at least for awhile. then i follow my mind, and everything that seems correct isn't logically correct, which in turn, leaves me in a labyrinth of confusion.
i can either listen to my body and refuse to acknowledge it or tune into my brain activity and later be hurting physically. i have felt physical and philosophical hurt and it feels identical.
Indulge in this mystery: Desi Arnaz passed away on December 2, 1986 from lung cancer. Though having been remarried for over 20 years, Lucille Ball was paralyzed by his departure. Desi, as well as Lucy, always believed that they had a "once in a lifetime" love that would never dissolve. As time passed, friends and relatives noticed that Lucy's behavior and demeanor towards life was numbed into gray and her once giddy, comedic and beautiful self was slowly tappering away. On April 26, 1989, Lucy took her last breath. To this day, everyone believes that Lucy physically died of a broken heart over time.
so what do we do... do we attend to our bodies, our minds, or our hearts? i'm starting to conclude that our hearts have a completely different agenda than the rest of our human apparatus.
despite my craving for the sugar and fat, i am engaging in this ritual because i yearn to refresh and detoxify my body. i am alerting my body of the vital break it needs from the yucky hangovers, the constipation, the sudden loss of energy and the sugar-crashes. needless to say, someone once told me that we must not let our bodies tell our minds what to do. our minds are much more powerful than our bodies and we must never let ourselves acquiesce to a bodily temptation. isn't that ironic? given that we do it ALL THE TIME. food, sex, weight issues, you get the idea.
but what about our hearts, eh? rumor has it that you must always listen to your heart... yet your heart lies within your body. now THERE'S something to keep philosophers busy for awhile.
each time i have followed my heart, indeed i believed i was traveling in the right direction, at least for awhile. then i follow my mind, and everything that seems correct isn't logically correct, which in turn, leaves me in a labyrinth of confusion.
i can either listen to my body and refuse to acknowledge it or tune into my brain activity and later be hurting physically. i have felt physical and philosophical hurt and it feels identical.
Indulge in this mystery: Desi Arnaz passed away on December 2, 1986 from lung cancer. Though having been remarried for over 20 years, Lucille Ball was paralyzed by his departure. Desi, as well as Lucy, always believed that they had a "once in a lifetime" love that would never dissolve. As time passed, friends and relatives noticed that Lucy's behavior and demeanor towards life was numbed into gray and her once giddy, comedic and beautiful self was slowly tappering away. On April 26, 1989, Lucy took her last breath. To this day, everyone believes that Lucy physically died of a broken heart over time.
so what do we do... do we attend to our bodies, our minds, or our hearts? i'm starting to conclude that our hearts have a completely different agenda than the rest of our human apparatus.
" Desi was the great love of my life. I will miss him until the day I die." - Lucille Ball
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