Borrowing the blog title from Zen Habits, trying to make it my own. This is the lesson I am trying to absorb. When I know it, deep inside, I recognize that this is how all the shoulds and musts become wants. If I am perfect already, then I won't try to exercise because I should, but because I want to. Eating healthier also becomes a want. In fact, I am recognizing that for me, the way I eat has a lot to do with what food I have in the house. Not keeping out the bad stuff, but adding in the good. If there is lots of fruit, I eat fruit, not because it is all there is, but because it is both what I want and also easy. So maybe what I really am is lazy. Except I am already perfect, so I guess lazy must be the perfect way to be. Hmm, this is radical for me.
I was just reminded of a sermon that has stuck with me for a very long time, which discusses the admonition to "love thy neighbor as thyself." The hard part, the sermon explained, is not so much loving the neighbor as the loving thyself. If I can learn to love myself better, with less judgment, then I can share that with my neighbor (and my child, and my friends).
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