Bodies are an Alibi

[Fear - X]

Our bodies have memory.

In our flesh, we wear our stories of cuts, bruises, and burns. But even deeper, our bodies carry in them stories of close escapes, near death experiences, battery and abuse, and years of stress and struggle.

Our bodies are the alibi of our fears. We’re skittish or sluggish, tender or numb . . . and our bodies vouch for all of it.

Fear is not an emotion we must purge or deny; it’s a page or chapter in the story of who we are. And it often accompanies hard-fought wisdom.