For most of my life
I have struggled
with my body image.
with my body image.
I have struggled
with measuring up
to what I believed was
with measuring up
to what I believed was
beautiful,
No matter what I've weighed,
or even what size I've worn,
I've looked into the mirror
and often felt
and often felt
disappointed.
Where does this devaluation come from?
Yes,
I can look at society,
Hollywood,
propaganda…
and I can
point the blame.
What would that really solve?
Nothing.
We have it all…
wrong.
Our culture tells us to first:
be skinnier,
be more fashionable,
be this skin color or that,
follow this trend,
buy this brand,
do this,
and definitely,
don't do that
then we will
feel good
about ourselves.
And we've believed them.
They tell us to
change first,
then we will love
our body.
But does that work?
Do you really spend time
taking care of the things in your life
that you don't
love?
stop
thinking that
changing yourself
will result in
finally loving yourself.
Start
thinking that
loving yourself
will give you
the motivation to
make positive changes.
When I look in the mirror,
I still struggle to see
an acceptable version of myself.
In searching for the root cause
of my inability to accept and enjoy where I am,
I realized that I have to
first love and accept my body
to see myself
the way I truly am.
***
Let us start choosing to
love
our bodies,
to value the gift and function
of each and every
part.
And in loving them
how they are now,
let us watch as
almost
effortlessly,
we begin to take better care,
and see ourselves
how we've always wanted
to be seen.
I'm starting with
my nose,
and ending with
my toes.
I love this. I spent so long worrying about my body and issues. I wrote about it in an old blog of mine. I think you might relate to it in some way (I know it's faux pas to link your own things to other people's work but here it is regardless: http://teejrants.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/on-being-fat-and-unattractive/).
ReplyDeleteGood luck in your 31 says of beauty, I look forward to reading more.
Hannah
www.thelemonhive.com
Great post! I struggle with this as well and wish I didn't!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I wish none of us did!
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