I recently heard the sentiment, "We have one body but many lives." Naturally I've heard the idea that we have one soul or life that hops around from body to body when we die. That notion has never really resonated with me, except when I'm completely out of my head. There are times when I feel like I am the "watcher." I pull out of my body and head and look down on myself. I'm completely at a loss when I look in the mirror. Or I feel a lonesome tugging on my soul that I can't explain or even put my finger on. These are the few times when I have felt that there was something more, but again it's something I don't feel I can truly talk about. It's just there, and occasionally I notice it.
The idea of having one body and many lives, however, truly resonates with me. I've noticed lately that my heart and head have been putting a big emphasis on the fact that I have only one body and that I get to ride this ride with it only once. I'm not sure why, but it has influenced my health practices overall. And for this I'm very grateful. I want to become even better at worshiping and empowering my body. My sexual health is fabulous, and my eating habits are getting better every day. I need to work on a better meal schedule and remember to move my body more, and I'm definitely getting to a place where I can work on both of those goals. I'm also doing a great job of keeping my stress levels low and dealing with stress and hardship in incredibly productive ways. I am very proud of myself, and I feel like I'm cresting the hill to a new life in this body.
I don't know why it never struck me before, but I adore the notion of rebirth in my body. When I look back over my life, I can see important points where I was essentially reborn in fire. Critical times in my life caused me to radically change how I looked at the world and myself. And there are other times when it I can see the slow and steady progress it took. I like examining my past lives and respecting how they helped to get me where I am now. I like to know that each day is an opportunity for me to improve or live a different life completely. That sense of self control is very refreshing.
