As I was midway through my 68th year, something profound happened to me.
My turning point did not happen in a gym or a doctor’s office.
There was no plan and no decision to rebuild my life.
It happened on a quiet afternoon while I was sitting in my golf cart beside the lake.
The royal palms were moving gently in the breeze.
The fountain in the distance rose and fell in a steady rhythm.
The sun was lowering just slightly in the sky.
It was peaceful.
Still.
Beautiful.
The Context
My mother had passed earlier that summer. I learned that there is a difference between knowing we are mortal and actually feeling it. It made me more reflective about my life and the lives of those I care about.
I reached into my cooler and took out a beer. Something I had done many times before without thinking.
The Question
Then a question arose. It came without force. Without emotion. Without expectation.
What is this really doing for me
The Awakening
When I answered it, something awakened in me.
Quietly.
Without effort.
But permanently.
I did not know what had begun. There was no intention and no goal. I simply walked forward from that moment.
The Shift
Over the next few weeks I began to sense a change. The conflict inside me did not stop all at once. But something had shifted in its foundation.
The war had been running for a very long time, and now it was losing its hold. I could feel that this was the beginning of the end of my internal battles.
The Six Actions
Only as time moved on did I learn that six actions had revealed themselves through the process. I did not design them. I did not even recognize them at first.
They had to do with how I regarded myself.
How I understood reality.
How I related to hunger and food.
How I moved my body.
How my mind operated.And how I continued once the internal conflict was gone.
These were not steps. Not a method. Not a program.
They were the natural result of the inner war ending.
The Near Perfect Body
That is what The Near Perfect Body is about. It guides you toward allowing your mind and body to become partners instead of adversaries.
Ultimately, the conflict within you will vanish and you will be completely supportive of yourself.
When that happens, the body follows.
and in so doing, you can become the person that you were truly meant to be.