I've seen right through and you make me better
I've been in Jamaica for three days now. This place changes me. I'm sure some of that has to do with the fact that someone here loves me and wants to marry me but even before that Jamaica did somethnig to my heart. Sometimes I wonder who would be if I lived here.
Don't worry I'm coming home.
My relationship to food is completely different in Jamaica than it is in the US. I don't over eat here and I don't eat unless I'm hungry but it's not something I consciously do. It has something to do with how the people here treat food. In some cases food can be hard to come by. Food is seen as sustenance not entertainment. There is only enough of it for it to serve it's intended purpose. I think when I get here I just get in line, no kicking or screaming, it's just the way it is. Somehow I stop caring what I will eat, when I will eat it and how much of it I can have. All those questions answer themselves here and I LOVE IT!
I think having food take it's proper place also leaves me view my body in a clearer light. I don't have food thoughts to contend with. Here there is work to be done and my body does the work really well. Once again the human body here is more about utility than entertainment or pleasure. Yes, those things run a close second but still I feel more confident in my own skin here.
I said something yesterday about wishing I could alter my appearance in some way and Mosiah said "Trus me Jess nuff Jamaican ooman ooda wan your shape." (Translation just in case: Plenty of Jamaican women would want your shape)
Mosiah is home so I'll type more later.
Don't worry I'm coming home.
My relationship to food is completely different in Jamaica than it is in the US. I don't over eat here and I don't eat unless I'm hungry but it's not something I consciously do. It has something to do with how the people here treat food. In some cases food can be hard to come by. Food is seen as sustenance not entertainment. There is only enough of it for it to serve it's intended purpose. I think when I get here I just get in line, no kicking or screaming, it's just the way it is. Somehow I stop caring what I will eat, when I will eat it and how much of it I can have. All those questions answer themselves here and I LOVE IT!
I think having food take it's proper place also leaves me view my body in a clearer light. I don't have food thoughts to contend with. Here there is work to be done and my body does the work really well. Once again the human body here is more about utility than entertainment or pleasure. Yes, those things run a close second but still I feel more confident in my own skin here.
I said something yesterday about wishing I could alter my appearance in some way and Mosiah said "Trus me Jess nuff Jamaican ooman ooda wan your shape." (Translation just in case: Plenty of Jamaican women would want your shape)
Mosiah is home so I'll type more later.