Growing up i never really paid much attention to my bellybutton, but when i did i always knew the inside of it was dirty. I would try to clean it and give up because it was too deep (yes i was chubby/fat). Even in highschool i would have the same problem and i always vowed to myself that i would lose weight and clean my belly button.
Over the past several weeks i started a new workout/diet and started to lose weight and started to notice that it was easier to clean the dirt out of my belly button. I got all around it and when i hit the center i stumbled upon this hard piece of blackness. Since a friend that shall go unnamed has the same thing in their belly button i assumed it part of the umbilical cord and was not meant to come off. After days of thinking it didn't add up, so i just went at it and if it was indeed part of my body and ripping it off would ensue to bleeding then so be it. After some hard work and persistence the "piece" came out! It was a joyous moment where i finally accomplished one of my childhood dreams. A minute later i realized just how disgusting that piece of dirt was. It was an accumulation of dirt from years and years, it wasn't just dirt from around the bellybutton, it was lodged in the center and was stuck where i was even tricked into thinking it was my umbilical cord. These blockades don't just build up overnight, it must have started from...my childhood years. The dirt crept up and built up in my bellybutton and i didn't realize it until i started to shed weight.
This is just like many of our lives (including mine). We have these bad habits that slowly build up and accumulate and become a part of us. It can even trick us into believing that it's meant to be there. These habits are not clean, are not healthy, and if left alone can be fatal to our physical and spiritual health. Not only until we start shedding our improper habits do we realize how "dirty" we really are.
The results
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Disgusting, I know.
