appreciate_your_body epitome of incomprehensibility Probably it isn't either as functional or as decorative as you'd like it to be, but there are still things to appreciate. A few days ago I was taking dishes out of the drying rack, and something slipped towards me. I jumped backwards. The action was nearly automatic and I marveled at it. What had just happened? It seems, in a fraction of a second, that I'd assumed the metal thing coming towards me was a knife (it was a large spoon), that it might hit me (it didn't, just slipped to the counter), and the best way to avoid it was to jump. Though no real danger was avoided, I was happy about the automatic self-defense, jumping-back mechanism. Maybe I wouldn't have felt as happy if my clumsy self had jumped into something and knocked it over. But I'll take what I can get. I appreciate my body. It can jump! 150106 ... unhinged i walk one foot in front of the other with the purpose of a tiger meek and perky i breathe one breathe after another with the purpose of a dragon inscrutable this life is precious mine yours his hers theirs there is no other basis of comparison 150106 ... fishawk Love_your_body Listen_to_your_body 150106 ... fishawk Adductor muscle-tendon injury: http://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/1858/Adductor-Muscle-Tendon-Injuries Swelling and pain from hip down my inner thigh and knee wrapping around to the outside of my shin, swollen groin and shin. I'm kind of just complaining where someone might see and comfort me, but it really does hurt and impede any movement or comfortable sleep. They're letting me sit down at work (work usually involves some biking and walking and hanging bikes from ceiling hooks ect) it started a month ago but has only been so bad for a week or so... Seems to only get worse. I hate going to the doctor, most of them do not appreciate our bodies at all, just their own time and profit. I maY have to go to a dr soon though, I can only expect to be accommodated at work for so long with out a dr note and a co worker showed me the hard lump over his ankle from a torn tendon that didn't heal correctly. So all this whining... I do appreciate my body, especially when it hurts, then I miss the function I had been taking for granted. I am reminded now to appreciate my entire body and all it can do. I must also appreciate my ability to nourish and care for it and do so with care. Exercise_carefully Eat_intelligently Hydrate Sleep_well Stretch_gently 150106 ... e_o_i I hope you feel better. It's a pain, literally and metaphorically - bad things happen even when you do all the "right" things, because life's frustrating like that - but then there are good things too... and now I'm rambling tiredly. Also, I like the phrasing "meek and perky" above. I'd never think of putting those words together but they fit, somehow. 150107 ... fishawk Thank_you : ) I'm going to a doctor tomorrow full of hope. I also really liked her words "meek_and_perky" like a rabbit in tall grass or a pounce kitten. Smiling_and_gentle. 150107 ... fishawk Physical_therapy, on visit already helped a_tiny_bit and I feel confident that it was the right choice, a relief. After the appointment we went to a place where you rent a room with a hot_tub, shower, and sauna and enjoyed that, then walked around on my still pained but still_happier leg together. It was definitely a day of body appreciation : ) 150109 ... fishawk Physical_therapy, on visit already helped a_tiny_bit and I feel confident that it was the right choice, a relief. After the appointment we went to a place where you rent a room with a hot_tub, shower, and sauna and enjoyed that, then walked around on my still pained but still_happier leg together. It was definitely a day of body appreciation : ) 150109 ... unhinged meek and perky are part of the description of the four dignities of shambhala. i never made it that far in the curriculum. i veer more towards the vajrayana now sadhana_of_mahamudra 150109 what's it to you? who go blather from