We Know How To Properly Dress Our Bodies, But What About Our Minds?
Did you even know that your mind wears clothes?
“Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.”
Samuel Butler, via MoveMe Quotes
Clothes protect us not only from harsh weather and worldly injury but from peering judgment and unruly behavior. We wear clothes so that we can cover up our nakedness, our proneness, our vulnerabilities—so that we can feel more comfortable; covered; protected.
Our minds want the same thing.
Clothes for our minds? Yes. You might tilt your head at the idea of a “naked” mind, but I assure you, the mind can be naked. It happens just the same as when the layers of clothes are peeled back from the body—all one needs to do is peel back the protective layers from the mind.
The layers that stand guard against the harsh weather of a turbulent and constantly changing life; against mental injury from people and experiences that scrape, scratch, scar, and otherwise cause pain; against situations when people might judge, belittle, demean, or abuse.
Once you’ve experienced the mental harshness that’s possible in life, you naturally learn to start layering up.
