Today was a national holiday celebrating Labor Day. My family and I spent a day resting without doing anything specific.
We are still feeling tired. Maybe it is from the long drive. Another reason is the elevation difference.
We just came back from Navajoland where the elevation is 6,836 feet (2,084 meter). The place where we currently live is 4,400 feet (1341 meter). The oxygen rate is thinner in Navajoland than our current home base.
From curiosity, I looked up the elevation of my hometown in Japan. It was very close to 0 feet (0 meter) because it was at the sea level. I had lived almost 40 years at the place within 10 minutes walking distance to the beach. Contrary with the environment, I am living in the mountain area in America, where the elevation is much higher than my birth town. No wonder my body took many years to adjust to the current environment.
While I am writing this, I realized how my body had suffered from the drastic environmental change. Such drastic changes include the water nature (soft water vs hard water), the air nature (humid air vs dry air), the land energy (yang vs yin), the geology (ocean vs mountain), the ambient temperature (mild vs extreme), the language (Japanese vs English), the cultural difference (closed community vs open community), and not to mention, the people’s way of thinking (there are lots of differences).
My body has been doing its best to adjust to these drastic changes. I bet it is very, very hard. I feel sorry for my body to deal with these changes. From now on, I am going to stop being harsh to my body. Instead, I will be gentle with my body and always thankful to my body.
♬ Any feedback? (^^♪
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