114 − “He is driving me crazy!” To be honest, one should not talk about oneself like this, it is damaging. Have you ever heard anybody say: − “I like myself the way I am!” − “I have to take care of myself first.” − Or: “I am number one.” − Or: “I am content. I have really done this well!” Nobody dares to say this, because one would say that they are a vain, conceited egotist. I also never say this, but I know inside: I always have to take care of myself first. Who will do it, if I don’t do this myself? I like myself and I appreciate myself! I have been keeping my own company for a long time so I know myself. To think like this adds greatly to my inner and outer thriving. And I do not do everything badly, I actually do a lot of things really well and correctly! I then praise myself and give myself courage. Therefore, I consciously deal with my well-being. Naturally also the well-being of my body, because I only have the one. I carefully nourish it, attend to it, dress it and take it out into the fresh air. Is this egotism? No, it is simply my self-preservation instinct. This should be normal. That I grant my body and my soul sufficient sleep and rest is also normal. It would be against the natural order to turn night into day. I cannot ask my body to function trouble-free day after day if I constantly hinder it with my free will and my irrationality. Do you remember the name Heiner Geissler, the politician, former Jesuit and book author? I actually heard him say on television a few years ago that he thanked his organs every evening for the good work they did. Because he had realised with advancing years that nothing should be taken for granted.
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