Health Implications Of Living In A City

Cities are harsh places to exist. They have been designed in many ways to be completely unlike nature. People living in overcrowded boxes in the sky. Tired. Stressed. Self medicating.

(My Barcelona face) My relationship with the city of Barcelona is a bittersweet one. Its vibrant, buzzing, beautiful, excessive and fast paced, but it also requires so much more energy to complete even the most simplest of tasks. Energy output is not equal to investment returned. It’s not even close.

It is crazy polluted here and smells like poop on the streets...it’s also intensely overcrowded with tourists...but I keep coming back! There’s a part of me that loves it dearly, as so many beautiful things have occurred for me over the years I have frequented here.
I was an alcoholic here.
I kind of died here.
I went through my biggest spiritual shift here.
I met some of my favorite humans here. It set me up for where I am today. Plus, my younger brother lives here with his girlfriend(who is much prettier than him). There is a part of me which wishes it could be my base...my home...but every time I arrive back in the city, my body lets me know very loudly... LEAVE!

The deeper I go into my spiritual work, the less room I have to compromise my nature. The less I am given permission to get mixed up in anything which is not in my divine benefit...even if my mind would want it! Cities are harsh places to exist. They have been designed in many ways to be completely unlike nature. People living in overcrowded boxes in the sky. Tired. Stressed. Self medicating. Racing. Expensive...But still, Barcelona; tienes mi corazon 💚

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