My hip has been hurting...and by hurting I mean the pain was so bad I couldn't go to work. Now this might seem odd as I really am not that old. But as I have been taking evaluation of my body recently I have had to come to accept some hard truths.
1. I can't eat what I want anymore.
My body just can't keep up with everything I want to eat any more...my metabolism has slowed down and now my hand to mouth reflex needs to do the same. :)
2. My joints hurt
My hip isn't the only part of my body complaining these days. As the pain subsides I think about all the hard hits I took landing on the ground, running into the wall during racquetball, the two 1/2 marathons I have run, and all the miles I have logged on my body. I bought into the idea that my body would bounce back...not believing that so much anymore.
This might seem like a short list, or a vain list, maybe a complaining list...and maybe those things are all true. But what I think we need to recognize is that change happens. One season of my life is affecting this new season of my life and as I sit typing this I can't help but feel struck by the change. I kind of miss my body being 24...but I wouldn't trade that season of life for the season I am in now.
That is all I really wanted to say...body changes are hard. And they don't always move in that direction (being hard :)...bad joke?) I just needed a place to write out that fact. My body isn't 24 anymore and that's ok. But it also means I have to start making new choices because I want to stay healthy for the next 70 years or so :)
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