Priorities

I would like to say, at this stage of my life, that I am developing new priorities. In a sense that is true and yet looking through my old journals from twenty years ago and more, I see that some of my priorities have not changed at all; some things are timeless, important no matter at what stage of life we find ourselves. A recurring theme for me is relationships: relationships with God, my family, my friends. Another one is taking good care of my body: eating right, exercising, taking care of my appearance. I struggle with this one. Although I can see that I have grown over the years in regards to relationships, I see very little progress in this area. |Yet, I suppose this could still be classified in the realm of relationships, for the way I treat this body of mine says a lot about my relationship with myself. It speaks of where self-care fits in with my priorities and this gives me cause for reflection. I know that I do not care for myself in the way that I should, even though I do have some health issues which should put this issue at the front and centre. Funny how easy it is to focus on others and how easy it is to forget about ourselves. When Jesus said that we should love our neighbours as we love ourselves, the implication was that we already do love ourselves. It is easy to gloss over that second phrase.