I've always used those words to describe the 3 parts of who I am. Me (my mind), myself (my body) and I (my ego, or soul if you like).
And while I consider them 3 separate parts, it is pretty hard to determine the line where the one begins, and the other ends.
That line is most blurry when one is under duress, or stress, or in the midst of difficult decisions.
I found the 3 parts of peter at war in my basement today, and I was at times uncertain who was winning, who was losing, and even who was saying and doing what??
My body initially was talking about feeling strong and fairly well rested, but fairly soon moved to "you're hurting me"!
My mind was analyzing the workouts of the past few days and questioning whether I should be doing this today. After all I just did my test ride 2 days ago.
My ego was telling me not to wimp out because that's all too easy to do, and it could become a habit.
That was the situation up to about half way through, but then for the second half I have no idea what was happening. Like I said, the lines got blurry.
Other than I was suffering! All 3 parts!!
And in hindsight I still don't know if we collectively made the right decision.
It was short interval day, and I did all the hard parts in the aero bars. That's 6 times, 6 minutes!
Now I'm tired!
computrainer, 90 minutes intervals
"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."---Aldous Huxley
Love
Peter
And while I consider them 3 separate parts, it is pretty hard to determine the line where the one begins, and the other ends.
That line is most blurry when one is under duress, or stress, or in the midst of difficult decisions.
I found the 3 parts of peter at war in my basement today, and I was at times uncertain who was winning, who was losing, and even who was saying and doing what??
My body initially was talking about feeling strong and fairly well rested, but fairly soon moved to "you're hurting me"!
My mind was analyzing the workouts of the past few days and questioning whether I should be doing this today. After all I just did my test ride 2 days ago.
My ego was telling me not to wimp out because that's all too easy to do, and it could become a habit.
That was the situation up to about half way through, but then for the second half I have no idea what was happening. Like I said, the lines got blurry.
Other than I was suffering! All 3 parts!!
And in hindsight I still don't know if we collectively made the right decision.
It was short interval day, and I did all the hard parts in the aero bars. That's 6 times, 6 minutes!
Now I'm tired!
computrainer, 90 minutes intervals
"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."---Aldous Huxley
Love
Peter
Hi Pete - what I love about knowing you is that you often say things I've never heard before. Here you use Ego and Spirit synonymously! hahahaha I love it!!
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