Today is my Intermittent Fasting day (more information about that in another post) and I had a huge realization how amazing the human body is.
Thinking about it, our body needs so many nutrients, calories, etc. I mean, there is an overwhelming amount of information out there on what the body needs, how much of it and how frequent. Yet, as I'm fasting, I realize that the body is also very durable.
More than half the world's population will probably never reach that state of perfection with their bodies regarding nutrition. However, we still survive. We're actually overpopulated.
And the fact that I can fast for a whole day (and others, longer!) yet still be standing on my own two feet, extremely calm in my mind (reached zen) baffles me, intrigues me, astounds me.
As an artist, I need to take extremely good care of my body because I know that once health is gone, it is impossible to retrieve it again. You can only have a part of it back, or another version. It will never be the same as it was before. As an actor, this applies tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold. The body is to the actor what the brush is to the painter, the instrument to the musician.
However, most importantly, as a human being, I know that a damaged body cannot do anything. My mother always told me that it does not matter how skilled and proficient you are, if your body is sick, it cannot do anything. And as myself, not doing anything horrifies me (those of you who know me, you know what I'm talking about!). That's why I must take care of it.
Thank you life for giving us this wonderful present. I will cherish it.
...Now if only others could too.
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