Places that scare you (& me)

Image by the late great Maurice Sendak

for "scariest places", hospital beds are among the scariest for me!

 

(...We are afraid of wrinkles and sagging skin. We use health products as if we actually believe that OUR skin, OUR hair, OUR eyes and teeth, might somehow miraculously escape the truth of impermanence.")

Pema Chodron

‎"We know that all is impermanent; we know that everything wears out. Although we can buy this truth intellectually, emotionally we have a deep-rooted aversion to it. We want permanence; we expect permanence. Our natural tendency is to seek security; we believe we can find it. We experience impermanence at the everyday level as frustration. We use our daily activity as a shield against the fundame...ntal ambiguity of our situation, expending tremendous energy trying to ward off impermanence and death. We don't like it that our bodies change shape. We don't like it that we age. We are afraid of wrinkles and sagging skin. We use health products as if we actually believe that OUR skin, OUR hair, OUR eyes and teeth, might somehow miraculously escape the truth of impermanence."
(The Places That Scare You)

Peggy Helgerson Just say YES to it all! It is resistance that causes pain ~♥~

I know I am having a hard time with my flagging energy - life force that I had so strongly in my earlier years. Hare to "say yes to.."

Peggy Helgerson Exactly... That is a tough one! I have been down with an ear infection (dizziness) the last week. Usually I work rigt through ailments... Not so much anymore... I have found a good book and am enjoying my " down time " ~♥~

Ra Divakar Ginger root - boil and make strong tea - will really help with dizziness - used to use at sea - really worked

Peggy Helgerson Thank you Ra ... I will do that! just happen to have some fresh ginger root ~♥~