Dis - ease

I think it was the feminine theologian, Mary Daly, who introduced me to the practice of splitting up words to get back to their orginal meaning or even redefining the word in a new way.

Well here is one I have been thinking of dis-ease. So of course I got to my Websters dictionary. Dis-ease: 1.any departure from health; illness in general 2.a particular destructive process in an organ or organism 3.any harmful or destructive condiction, as of society.

Well I might, for Mary Daly's perspecitive also add dis-ease - as being something troubled, not at ease with. In my case it is dis-ease with my body - yes all the disease with the traditional definition going on - but also stress is starting to show up in little ways that leave me feeling very much broken down and rather fragile. I keep telling myself my little mantra "I love me, others love me, love my body, think pink" which helps me try to focus on the positive, but that can be hard when I feel so fragile and vulnerable. I guess part of my definition of dis-ease is that feeling fragile and vulnerable and not at ease with what is happening with my body.