Finding the Alignment between Mind, Body, and Spirit
When your head wants one thing, your body calls you crazy, and your spirit is the deciding vote.
In some instances, the mind, body, and spirit work together. Then there are times when they don’t.
I have far more experience with this matter than I care to. How? Let me explain.
My body is a temple — specifically, a ziggurat
In the medieval game I play, and have been for over 2.5 decades, I am a size Small. This is due to my being 5’6” in a world of people generally taller than I.
Would that were true of the real world. I am 5’6”, but I am also over 250 lbs. Not to brag, I am fairly muscular…but I also have a rather large gut.
My preferred term for describing myself is “stocky.” Because ALL of my excess weight is in my gut (arms and legs are totally normal) I am an…odd shape. Or so I presume, given the random stranger on the streets of Santa Fe, NM, who approached me to shake my hand and declare, “I just had to tell you…you’re an odd-looking fellow.”
The thing is, while I am overweight, I am pretty active. I take approximately a 2-mile walk daily, and I participate in medieval fencing 1–3 days a week. Some days I go for a swim — but overall I attempt to get up and move…
