Doing a checkup on yourself with a honest look. Checking in since you work so hard sometimes without even acknowledging it. How beautiful your body still works under stress and pressure. Through heartache and pain sometimes you forget to say thank you for all its hard work. You beat it up, hold it down, eat like shit and drink more then you should. You tell lies, stay up too late and smoke too much but its still there. Still on your side even through some destruction. Its so resilient, quiet and calm as you sleep like a baby time after time.
Mind- Be careful of what you put in this space. Watch your thoughts as a guardian would do. You are what you think, you are what you believe. Not being in control of your mind is just as destructive as being too in control. Strike a balance with your thoughts, how you feel and how you choose to react. Your not on auto-pilot. Through meditation I have been taught this, probably why I stayed so sane after the destructiveness of my last breakup. Breath and always fill your mind with gratitude and peace in knowing that all happens for a reason. You are always taken care of, it always works out for you, if you believe this then you will always be taken care of. You are what you believe and what you perceive as truth. Regardless of what has happened, let it go and start fresh everyday while keeping those that genuinely love you close. Nothing is too extreme for you to handle, always be aware of how you view the things in your life. If you have a pulse, you are doing just fine. Be thankful for the small basic things while working on the bigger issues. Check in with yourself.
Body- What you feed it, what you put into it will reflect itself on the outside. Too much drinking, not enough water and eating shit for food reflects on your face and how youthful you feel. Make choices (and some bad ones from time to time) always keeping in mind that this is for energy not for pleasure (well sometimes pleasure). I live in NYC where the choices are endless but for me grabbing my knife and cutting through fresh produce makes me feel more fulfilled then eating the most expensive meal. Be careful of how you feel after you consume something this will tell you how your body digests it's nourishment. Watch your choices and if its not real in perception then why would you put something fake into a body that needs you. You can change that now each day offers you a chance to renew it that's the beauty in this whole thing. Just check in with yourself.
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Soul- This is my most favorite element, not to play favorites but this side of you takes more time. The mind and body can be switched on and changed just by bringing awareness to change. The soul is much more complex. Imagine a blank slate over the years it gets written on and its your only truth of what makes you well you. Some cultures believe that your eyes are the gateway to your soul, having children in my life makes me a believer of this. You can't bottle the way a child looks at things. I wrote about this before but if and when someone is stripped of everything they will not have the money they made in this life or their surroundings. They won't have anything physical all they will have is themselves whichever qualities that may be. Its not set in stone whom your meant to be, you can always be more honest, more real and more grateful. Whatever you want to be can be worked on here. The "bigger picture qualities" live here. Cutting out all the bullshit, how you were built has a home here. This center of yourself doesn't know how to lie, only your mind does. Your mind can make up many things to kill the blow of the truth. Just check in with yourself.
It's not so much too ask that from time to time you ask yourself where you are. It's a progression and nothing that should cause any anxiety for you. I just think its important to look with an honest eye after what you have been though if you have stayed on course or have gotten off a little bit either way it can always be fixed. If any of this seems like work, then you haven't done it in awhile so now is the time. Just check in with yourself.
