These are the three levels of self-care.
You’re the least self-care-oriented person I’ve met in six years.
Which is why I think the three levels of self-care might be the wrong way to think about it. The reason we care about self-care is because it’s so important. Not because we think it’s important to be self-aware.
It’s because we think it is important. We care about it because it matters so much. Its just a small part of our lives. We care about it because the people we care about matter.
When we think about self-care, we tend to think about a sort of spiritual self-care. We can think about it as a way of being alive. When we’re not alive, we tend to think about our physical selves. But the reality is that we are not really alive. If we are not alive, when we look at our bodies, we don’t see our bodies we see the selves we are.
The reality is that we do not have the will to live. We cannot live to be alive. And what we can do is to be a part of the world. In other words, we can live in the world and not just die in the world.
So if we want to be part of the world, to be alive, we need a sort of social toolbox. All of our physical selves can be used to make the world a better place. But what we have to understand is that no matter what tools we choose to use, they only have significance as long as they create a better world.
So there you have it. Social tools, tools that can be used to create and save the world, can only be used for a certain length of time. It’s the same reason you need to take your meds, it’s the same reason you need to find a job, it’s the same reason you need to learn to drive, but that’s just the first step.
So maybe it’s time to start looking into our own lives. Why do we do what we do? What makes us tick? What makes us care about our neighbors? Why are we so interested in the things that surround us? Is it because what we do is so important that we feel compelled to take care of the people around us? If we look into it, and look into ourselves, we can find ourselves in a much better place.