MANAGING SYMPTOMS. NOT SEEKING #ENLIGHTENMENTPeople sometimes mistake me for someone spiritual. I am not. I am practical...

MANAGING SYMPTOMS. NOT SEEKING #ENLIGHTENMENTPeople sometimes mistake me for someone spiritual. I am not. I am practical.I #breathe consciously because it hurts when I do not. I fast because it hurts when I am too heavy. I walk because the body needs #movement I meditate because disorder is painful. I pay attention because not paying #attention has #consequences That is all. There is no halo around any of it.For years, I have lived with the aftermath of a major stroke, hemiplegia, weight, discomfort, and all the indignities that come with a damaged body. None of it was beautiful. None of it was noble. It was simply what had happened.After enough years of suffering, I began to see that the body was giving me facts.Breathe. Move. Rest. Eat less. Get up. Walk. Pay attention. Do the next thing.That is the whole system.The body is not asking for #philosophy. It is asking for #breakfast. Then breathwork. Then a #walk. Then rest. Then perhaps irritation. Then perhaps #laughter Then the next t...