Have you noticed how your body already knows when it’s had enough food, but your mind convinces you to take just one more bite — because it tastes so good, or because you “deserve” it?
The body has its own quiet intelligence. It signals when it’s hungry, when it’s tired, when it’s at ease. But the mind, always chasing pleasure — food, entertainment, attention — often drowns out that natural wisdom. It doesn’t listen; it decides.
When the mind interferes like this, the body loses its rhythm. We eat when we’re not hungry, stay awake when we need rest, and ignore discomfort until it turns into pain.
Have you noticed how your thoughts about what you should enjoy override what the body is actually saying in the moment?
If, for a while, you watch closely how your body moves, rests, hungers, and breathes — without reacting right away you might notice how often the mind jumps in with habitual responses, replaying past pleasures, convincing you to seek comfort or enjoyment again and again.
You might see that the body doesn’t really need managing. It already knows what to do. The trouble begins only when thought, chasing pleasure or comfort, takes over.
Perhaps true health begins not with control, but with quiet listening.
