Books and their covers
Monday, 21. August 2006, 23:14:39
Here in the UK there has been a mini spate of programmes on television about appearance. Not like the normal thing - makeover, diet, shopping spree, surgery - but more about people accepting their appearance. I have not actually watched any of these programmes, they clash with my work times, but it is interesting that there is a movement towards inner beauty. Admittedly, of the clips of these programmes I have seen, they don't really have anyone whose appearance would be consider...how shall I put it...circus freak-like; people who good do with a bit of grooming, some who could do with a bit of training (an entire blog on it's own!), but mostly it is just people who need a mind makeover. Though how unappealing they really believe themselves to be is open to question, when they have willingly subjected themselves to televisual scrutiny.
I am, admittedly, a bit of a body fascist. It comes with my profession and with my approach to my profession. I am even critical of myself - eating wise, definitely! - but I am pathalogically critical of people who want to look great without effort! Now, I know there are some people who seem to be able to stay in great shape with little or no effort - eat what they like, party hard, drink and smoke everything; look great. That is irritating, but it is life and you are not one of those people, but want to look like one, you need to get over it and do the right thing! Different bodies react differently; if you put on weight by looking at doughnuts - I do - don't look at doughnuts - definitely don't eat three!
It is the nature of human beings to take the path of least resistance - the easy road. There is nothing wrong with this - why make life unnecessarily hard - but there is a difference between easy and lazy. Unless you are from a well-to-do background most people, even those who now consider themselves middleclass, come from working class roots, with working class patterns; breakfast lunch and dinner. Though these days many have a small breakfast and a rushed or "liquid" lunch, dinner still remains a staple of many; alarge plateful after a hard day's work. Hard day's work? Burn a lot of calories in front of your screen did you? Was the walk to the office taxing? The truth is - especially in these days of litigation for so much as a broken nail - the most strenuous thing a lot of people do is lift the phone!
So after a couple decades or more of trying to get the general populace to take up exercise as the workplace becomes less physical and more mentally demanding, the arts of Pilates and various yogas come to the fore, promising relaxation and stress relief, without - for the most part - the sweating and grunting of conventional exercise - easy. But....but, but, but...if that does not work, here are a few programmes and magazinr articles to help you accept yourself just the way you are.
I am, admittedly, a bit of a body fascist. It comes with my profession and with my approach to my profession. I am even critical of myself - eating wise, definitely! - but I am pathalogically critical of people who want to look great without effort! Now, I know there are some people who seem to be able to stay in great shape with little or no effort - eat what they like, party hard, drink and smoke everything; look great. That is irritating, but it is life and you are not one of those people, but want to look like one, you need to get over it and do the right thing! Different bodies react differently; if you put on weight by looking at doughnuts - I do - don't look at doughnuts - definitely don't eat three!
It is the nature of human beings to take the path of least resistance - the easy road. There is nothing wrong with this - why make life unnecessarily hard - but there is a difference between easy and lazy. Unless you are from a well-to-do background most people, even those who now consider themselves middleclass, come from working class roots, with working class patterns; breakfast lunch and dinner. Though these days many have a small breakfast and a rushed or "liquid" lunch, dinner still remains a staple of many; alarge plateful after a hard day's work. Hard day's work? Burn a lot of calories in front of your screen did you? Was the walk to the office taxing? The truth is - especially in these days of litigation for so much as a broken nail - the most strenuous thing a lot of people do is lift the phone!
So after a couple decades or more of trying to get the general populace to take up exercise as the workplace becomes less physical and more mentally demanding, the arts of Pilates and various yogas come to the fore, promising relaxation and stress relief, without - for the most part - the sweating and grunting of conventional exercise - easy. But....but, but, but...if that does not work, here are a few programmes and magazinr articles to help you accept yourself just the way you are.
this...relationship? reminded me of a song that I had not heard in years. It also reminds of something my father use to say: "a man chases a woman until she catches him!" enjoy:D
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