What The Body Needs

The million dollar question with those who are suffering physically, but desperately needs to be answered. Trust me, I've been dealing with my issues for years now, and it seems to come down to that each day......me asking the body, what do you need today? And I'm not talking what it wants......but what it needs to simply function as well as possible. Sometimes it responds quickly, in slow motion, and a shakiness from the bed to the bathroom, and maybe after a bit will iron itself out, but maybe not. That's the point....I never know. Ambiguity.....don't you just love it? If we can count on one thing in this world, it's the fact that we simply don't know all there is to know at any given moment. But when talking about this one particular moment of what my body would allow me to do that day, it could set the pace for the whole day if in fact the answer was no. Well, the body may be OK with the answer, but I wouldn't be in the mind and heart. After all, the body was meant to move right? So what could be right about staying put for the day?

One thing that has helped me more than anything over the years, is realizing that there are SO many people in the world, in my town, in my neighborhood, even living next door to me, that are going through something. May be less than or more than what I wake up with, but it doesn't matter. It's felt, and it's felt deeply for each person, which makes sense since we are all completely different, just as our bodies and faces are all different, so is how we experience things. If someone could get that lit up somewhere, the world would be a different place for sure. So with knowing that someone else is suffering, how does that make my situation any easier to bear?

Well, I think it makes us feel more human, and a little less abandoned when we realize someone else is suffering right along with us. We don't even have to know their name or what they're suffering from, just that someone might relate or understand how I'm feeling. And let's face it, we all know someone that is challenged in some way, dealing with an illness, recently had surgery, not to mention those who are going through a divorce, just lost their job, lost a relative.....the list goes on and on. The point is you wouldn't have to go far to find someone who could use some encouraging words, or a nice card, just some gesture that might lift their spirits.

Right, but we were talking about the body and what it needs. But don't you see, that's part of giving the body what it needs, by giving to someone else actually has a healing effect on you as well as them. So it's like this automatic return that happens, which sounds pretty good to me. It is SO easy to get caught up and settle into your own stuff, no matter what it is, which closes the door for healing of any kind actually. If I'm going to be in pain or suffer in some way, I'd rather it have a purpose besides making me miserable.

So the next time you start your day, noticing that you're body is not going to cooperate with you, and nothing works in making it feel better, try something different this time. Think about someone you know who is having a hard time, with whatever, and give them a call, or send an email or even a hand written note or letter, just to let them know you are thinking about them. I promise at the least, you will change someone's outlook for the day, you will bring a smile, and offer healing you never thought was possible in the midst of your own suffering.