My body is a temple.
"If we did not hate the world, we could not allow it to be destroyed before our eyes. If we did not hate ourselves, we could not allow our homes- and our bodies- to be poisoned."
- Derrick Jensen "End Game Vol. 1"
The last time I had gone to get anything other than a check up done at the dentist was when I was 8. Yesterday I had a tooth extracted, a cavity filled and a temporary crown put on. I still have six cavities to go, and one of them also requires a crown. Within the next year I’ll need to come up with the money to have a bridge put in where my back molar used to be.
I cried a little for the loss of that tooth in the dentist chair. I should have taken care of it years ago when the pain first began. My upbringing never instilled in me a love for my body or esteem for healthy habits such as flossing and brushing. When I was younger, I loved sweets- especially candy and somewhere between becoming vegan and my addiction to corn syrup I convinced myself candy was alright to eat regularly even though I never took care of my teeth. I blame my ignorance for continuing an easily broken cycle.
All together, having my teeth fixed is going to cost me around 2 thousand dollars not including my bridge which could be anywhere from 1 -2 thousand alone. Prevention is stressed by most "doctors" Prevention is a loaded word that implies action and full understand of what caused the disease. Yet in society there is no support for those who wish to gain control of their lives. Unless you are a consumer/have lots of money to blow on psuedo methods for healing, your options put you at the bottom of societies food chain- “bottom dwellers” “the fringe” “abnormal” “hippies.” I am not upset about the fact that I am poor, or my lack of options in mainstream society to live the way I see fit but I am upset that in the end we pay the price either way.
This experience, the death of my tooth, has been very spiritual for me. It’s been an awakening. We must break the cycle and create habits that promote long life! Over the last three years, my life has made a full circle, and a new cycle is beginning inside. Now is the time in my life where I need to begin building the hacienda! I feel deeply rooted right now in a community that spans the globe, and I see this as a great beginning to my 20th year of life. Without death or failure, our life’s victories would hold no joy!
Take good care of your bones!!! They are the only part of you that will last forever!
- Derrick Jensen "End Game Vol. 1"
The last time I had gone to get anything other than a check up done at the dentist was when I was 8. Yesterday I had a tooth extracted, a cavity filled and a temporary crown put on. I still have six cavities to go, and one of them also requires a crown. Within the next year I’ll need to come up with the money to have a bridge put in where my back molar used to be.
I cried a little for the loss of that tooth in the dentist chair. I should have taken care of it years ago when the pain first began. My upbringing never instilled in me a love for my body or esteem for healthy habits such as flossing and brushing. When I was younger, I loved sweets- especially candy and somewhere between becoming vegan and my addiction to corn syrup I convinced myself candy was alright to eat regularly even though I never took care of my teeth. I blame my ignorance for continuing an easily broken cycle.
All together, having my teeth fixed is going to cost me around 2 thousand dollars not including my bridge which could be anywhere from 1 -2 thousand alone. Prevention is stressed by most "doctors" Prevention is a loaded word that implies action and full understand of what caused the disease. Yet in society there is no support for those who wish to gain control of their lives. Unless you are a consumer/have lots of money to blow on psuedo methods for healing, your options put you at the bottom of societies food chain- “bottom dwellers” “the fringe” “abnormal” “hippies.” I am not upset about the fact that I am poor, or my lack of options in mainstream society to live the way I see fit but I am upset that in the end we pay the price either way.
This experience, the death of my tooth, has been very spiritual for me. It’s been an awakening. We must break the cycle and create habits that promote long life! Over the last three years, my life has made a full circle, and a new cycle is beginning inside. Now is the time in my life where I need to begin building the hacienda! I feel deeply rooted right now in a community that spans the globe, and I see this as a great beginning to my 20th year of life. Without death or failure, our life’s victories would hold no joy!
Take good care of your bones!!! They are the only part of you that will last forever!