The Body Animal

Treating your body as well as you would treat an animal

If you had saw a pet that was being fed junk food, causing it to be overweight and undernourished, under exercised, and caged without a recourse to relieve stress, how would you feel? Then think how you would feel if you saw this very animal being verbally abused for being out of shape. Wouldn’t you be shocked at the owner’s horrible treatment of an innocent animal? I would call the Animal Cops! This is what many do to our own bodies.

At birth most of us were given by the universe a wonderful animal body to carry us through life. I shudder when I hear people say they hate their body.
Stating hate for your body is like blaming an animal for being abused. We blame our bodies for the very abuse we have inflicted on them. No thank you for the legs that carry them, the lungs for breathing, and the heart for beating….no thank you for the body that would be healthy and strong if given a chance. The body that struggles on, trying to compensate for the excess weight, the lack of nutrition and exercise, unrelenting stress, and the curses of “I hate you” that comes from the very person that it works so hard to support.

Treat your body as well as you would treat any animal that is in your care. Would you give cigarettes to your dog, would you put your cat under such stress that it could not sleep, would you feed your pet junk food full of chemicals??
If you failed to take care of your animal would you tell it that you hate it for being out of shape because of being malnourished with the wrong foods and too little exercise?
It is interesting how we think it is okay to treat our own bodies with such disregard and are so careful to take care of our pets. What is right and moral for your animal care is the right and moral approach for our own bodies… just like trusting pets; your body depends on it!

Taking Care of your Animal

Fresh wholesome foods, a good breakfast to start the day, lots of water
Exercise, outside time, visits with nature
Rest and relaxation, enough sleep
Positive reinforcement, love and attention
No poison….cigarettes, chemicals, toxins, abusive relationships, unrelieved stress