Your Essence Needs Your Body, Flaws and All

"Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body." --James Joyce

"Our minds are like politicians; they make stuff up, they twist the truth. Our minds are masters at blame, but our bodies...our bodies don't lie. Which is, of course, why so many of us learned to zip out of them at the first sign of trouble.

"Despite your argument with your physicality, the fact is that you are here and the 151,000 people who have died today are not.

"No matter how much you loathe yourself or believe life would be better if your thighs were thinner or your hips were narrower or your eyes were wider apart, your essence--that which makes you you--needs the body to articulate its vision, its needs, its love."

And that is why I will continue to inhabit this body, flaws and all, because I know that I have a mission to fulfill during this lifetime, to encourage people, to share love, to have compassion, to be hospitable, to show children the path to life.

Quotes from Geneen Roth's book, Women, Food and God, Chapter 9.