By Barrie Davenport
“’Your whole body, from wingtip to wingtip,” Jonathan would say, other times, “is nothing more than your thought itself, in a form you can see. Break the chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body, too.’” — Richard Bach (Jonathan Livingston Seagull: a story)
When I was 17, I found a stretch mark on my thigh — the result of a rapid growth spurt. I agonized for days over that stretch mark, and even cried when showing it to my mom in my great distress. She laughed a little at my angst, but to me, it was one of the first signs that my body had a mind of its own. From thence forward, it would be a battle to fight off, cover up, and fret about the various evil tricks my body would play on me without my permission.
Of course, that didn’t... More...
