This was the assignment in Chapter 4 of A Year with Myself.
– Ha! Like I’d ever do that. Get real.
But, I had some time that weekend, and I was all alone, so I took everything off and stood there.
A miracle happened. I started at my forehead and immediately really looked at my face and noticed that I have some serious wrinkles - all in the form of surprise or laughter. I tried to scowl just to see what wrinkles appeared and……….. I don’t even have one scowl wrinkle! Or anger wrinkle! All my wrinkles were from being happy, laughing and surprised with life. Years of thinking I came off as a meany were replaced by what clearly was a lifetime of happiness and joy. Wrinkles don’t lie!
And then, I started the “I love you’s”. Telling each part of my body that I loved it – starting with my wrinkles. With a beginning like that, by the time I got to my shoulders I was laughing out loud – I actually LOVED my body.
The rest was a blast – by the time I got to my calves, I felt free.
From what? Maybe another lifetime of lying to myself? I don’t know.
I do know this – one innocuous little exercise and I will never be the same.
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