by Hal Manogue
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind". Emerson said a lot in that short sentence. It seems I have overlooked the power I have within my reach. My thoughts create my experiences and also create what I want to look like. I can have fun all the time, if I believe I can. Fun means different things to me. Fun could be a vacation from my daily activities, perhaps a trip or just sitting with nature for a few hours. Exercise is fun, when I realize I like it. Understanding the benefits that exercise brings me, is fun.
It's not fun looking at myself with judgemental eyes and a helpless attitude. My mental mirror creates a distorted view, based on what others look like. Others can't change my opinion of my form, unless I change first. What do I want to look like? Skinny? Fat? Within the weight limits of some chart? Perhaps, I want to look like someone I'm not? Do I want to look like another me, that is longing for me to accept another reality? What I really want to look like is fun. I want to bring that emotional well being to my physical form. I want to treat myself to loving thoughts, accepting friends, and exciting events. I want to open myself to the wonders of physical life, and face each moment in truth. I want to see all the grandeur within me, so I can give and share it with all life. I want to treat myself with respect and understanding so my weight is no longer a sign of weakness. I want to feed my world with laughter and kindness, so I see myself in others. I want to fuel myself with pure energy from my source. Food for thought, will be the first food I choose. It is no longer a crutch or obsession, unless I want it to be. I create my physical form by my choice of fun or suffering. I want to look at myself as love, connected to love and I want to remember who I am. In spirit I have no weight. Consciousness is not dense, but fluid. Weightlessness is my original state of time. Fun is my original state of mind.
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind". Emerson said a lot in that short sentence. It seems I have overlooked the power I have within my reach. My thoughts create my experiences and also create what I want to look like. I can have fun all the time, if I believe I can. Fun means different things to me. Fun could be a vacation from my daily activities, perhaps a trip or just sitting with nature for a few hours. Exercise is fun, when I realize I like it. Understanding the benefits that exercise brings me, is fun.
It's not fun looking at myself with judgemental eyes and a helpless attitude. My mental mirror creates a distorted view, based on what others look like. Others can't change my opinion of my form, unless I change first. What do I want to look like? Skinny? Fat? Within the weight limits of some chart? Perhaps, I want to look like someone I'm not? Do I want to look like another me, that is longing for me to accept another reality? What I really want to look like is fun. I want to bring that emotional well being to my physical form. I want to treat myself to loving thoughts, accepting friends, and exciting events. I want to open myself to the wonders of physical life, and face each moment in truth. I want to see all the grandeur within me, so I can give and share it with all life. I want to treat myself with respect and understanding so my weight is no longer a sign of weakness. I want to feed my world with laughter and kindness, so I see myself in others. I want to fuel myself with pure energy from my source. Food for thought, will be the first food I choose. It is no longer a crutch or obsession, unless I want it to be. I create my physical form by my choice of fun or suffering. I want to look at myself as love, connected to love and I want to remember who I am. In spirit I have no weight. Consciousness is not dense, but fluid. Weightlessness is my original state of time. Fun is my original state of mind.
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