i often forget that the body is not a receptacle. not a vessel in which i reside. it’s ME. like that’s me right there! it isn’t disconnected from my mind or spirit or selfhood because it’s just me. i can no sooner escape it or change it in any drastic way than i can stop being myself. & if i am to be any sort of happy in this life, i need to treat it kindly. cruelty towards one’s body is just cruelty towards one’s self. they are one and the same

So I asked my body

some of u (me) need to remember that u are an animal u are literally a fucking primate u are a product of everything that has ever occurred and u are actually a part of your environment/world/universe and not some voyeur experiencing the external concept of “nature”. you are natural you are an animal you are an animal