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I am the assignment.
The thought flashed in my mind as I sat, preparing for my one-hour walk by doing breath work with a joint. It's a balance, don't judge.
The point is, I am the assignment.
It is my duty to take care of this vessel. My most valuable asset is me!
What I was blessed with is mine to tend to. What I have been given has been given solely to me . I need to care for this vessel, this gift, as best I can. That I can control.
I can control the care, maintenance and upkeep of myself. Everything else is an unknown variable. I can hope those things work out in my favor, but me?! I'm mine.
My mind is all mine, and I can train my body to be anything I want it to be. Just decide.
I get to decide what I want. I have the power to decide on the best route to take to get what I want.
And I have the freedom to go get it.
What happens along the way, I cannot control but the goal and the only goal is to do what's best for this vessel - Mind, Body, Soul.
Reminds me of the saying, "You can have a million problems until you have a health problem. When you have a health problem, you only have one problem."
Anytime I think of that saying, I giggle a little because I've been there.
I remember I hurt my back and NOTHING else mattered. My back was the source of pain, but my entire body was out of service. I was lopsided 🥴.
Being lopsided made me feel stressed, stress tightened my muscles, muscle spasms made my back tense up, and nothing else mattered. The goal was to stop the back pain, which was the major goal.
If I don't move my body, stretch, and remain flexible, the back pain will return.
When will it return? I don't know, but one day it can, and I learned that I want to avoid that malfunction, so I need to take care of my machine according to my user manual.
The way I see it is if I do what's best for the vessel that my soul has been blessed to occupy, the Creator will protect the path because I am in tune with the journey I was created to take.
It's my theory, and I will continue to test it out. In this situation, the risk can only be a reward.
Taking care of myself is a job I am honored to clock in to daily. Now, it's time to get to work!