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Don't Forget to Love Yourself |
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by Vikki  (December 2006) (rank 500+) |
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Okay that seems like an odd thing to write advice about but this struck me as an important topic this morning.
Why?
Well I am constantly battling *myself* with my own image. It's SO hard these days to feel good about the skin you
are living in - especially as we are all bombarded with imagery of what the perfect "woman" should be like. It's everywhere~! On television, newspapers, magazines, large billboards with sexy skinny women looking all sultry.. and so on. Combine that with the never ending ads for gyms.. the exercise tapes and videos you can buy.. and lets not forget the most horrible of all.. just TRYING to find clothing to fit when you go shopping!!
Excuse me, but what ever happened to being just "me"? When did I have to be ashamed of my body just the way it is? I can't EVER get my hair to look like the commercials I see on TV (no matter how many of their products I try)... There are times that I actually "believe" that my partner wont think I'm beautiful because I am not skinny... or that my hair has gray coming in......
So today I'm writing to speak the obvious.. maybe something that we all need to hear in the quietness of our hearts once and a while..
Remember to love you!! 
I'm a Mom.. I run a business.. I'm a partner to a wonderful man (who loves me for who I am - I just forget that quite a lot)... I'm the gardener.. the caretaker of the house.. the taxi driver.. and all those other job titles that you get when you decide to have a family... and my family loves me for everything I do.. that's the key thing.. they 'love me" even with my gray frizzy hair.. my jiggly stomach.. and my bumpy butt...
And if you can take a moment of your day to look into your own heart and realize all the good things about what makes you, "you"? It will really help the rest of your day run more smoothly. If you "feel" good about yourself (just the way you are) you'll stand taller!! You'll have more confidence during the day and trust me, you'll smile a lot more. A smile goes about a trillion miles out into the universe (and it's actually better for your face if you smile instead of frown).. 
And remember (as I will try to) the next time one of those ads on TV comes on, with the skinny supermodel - think about this.. "What does that person have in "her" life that makes her so much better than mine? I bet she has to spend HOURS in the gym every single day and won't dare have a Pepsi or this yummy piece of birthday cake... I bet "she" doesn't have the beautiful cesarean section scars on her belly from when her daughter was born!! Better yet.. I wonder if she has a family at all that loves her "just the way she is".. (by the way, I am not bashing models)
And maybe take a moment to wonder how much of her life is spent trying to keep herself in the "model category"... and how much time that would take you away from the people who love you the most. Remember that the next time you start to feel down, that you have a bumpy stomach or your hair is spiraling out of control...
Take a minute each day after you wake up - look in the mirror and remind yourself that YOU love YOU....
Just the way you are.
But my 4 yr old son stood there with his little mouth open and said wow mummy you look really beautiful, all my thoughts went out of my head and I thought yes thats right mate I am beautiful, he doesn't see the big bum and wobbly tummy, he just see's me. So I went to that wedding feeling sexy and beautiful and proud of who I was. I still want to get healthy, but no more depressed me. GREAT ADVICE
