Stop!
Go out and play ball.
That is pathetic. That's not a batting stance. That's a slouch! Where are your feet supposed to be? And what are you wearing???
That's not a slouch. That's just curvature of the spine.
Oh don't start whining. Move that creaky body and pay no attention to its complaints. Well...don't overdo it. But do it!
Human beings need a variety of activities: we need to read and study and think. We need to talk and to listen. We also need to eat, play, dance, make music, breathe deeply, walk, run, plant things in the ground, explore, and laugh. We need to look at beautiful things. And, of course, we need to sleep.
We need to lift up our minds and hearts and bodies to the One who gives us life, the One who loves us and draws us to Himself. We need to pray. We need to love, and to let ourselves be loved.
We move our bodies and we also move our minds. A healthy human life encompasses this variety in an organic way. You don't have to be a freak about anything. You simply have to live.
Children have a natural sense of how to live. Its one of the many reasons why its good to have them around.
Sadly, in our culture, we don't "live" well. We vacillate between distraction and obsession. This is what's killing us. We think we're all alone with this crazy life and we don't know what to do with it!
But we are not alone. We are never alone.
So give yourself a break.
