You only get one You. While I like to compare my body to a
garden, a car, or a well-oiled machine, it’s not. The difference is, if I don’t
take care of my car, I can get another one. If I let my garden go to weeds or
find out that the soil is all rocks and salt- I can go and garden somewhere
else. But my body? This is all I get. It’s
more like having one car all your life; only one garden in one place- and the climate
that comes with it. There are no new car lots at which to cash in or trade up,
no farmer’s market to substitute for the tilling and planting you have to do
yourself. That’s the body.
