PHATSKINNY Vitamin: Loving Me
The first step to self acceptance is to realize and accept you are not
perfect, but it is your imperfections that make you unique and beautiful. Women are like flowers, they come in all
shapes, sizes, colors and kinds. Often we, as women, judge ourselves too
harshly. We have been taught if we don't fit a certain category or look like
the latest star or model we are less attractive and desirable. This is an
attitude I let fester for years. I have never, ever been skinny. Even in my
younger years I weighed more than my fellow female classmates. I have always
been called "pretty for a big girl" or "cute and plump". I
accepted those phrases as compliments, but in all actuality they were part of
what kept me in the dark about what true beauty is...
Real beauty comes from within and is manifested on the outside. When I stripped bare and forced myself to face
ME in the mirror was precisely the moment I began to love who I was and who I
had the potential to be in the future. When you love someone, there is nothing
you would not do for them, no task too hard or no obstacle too big to
overcome. You accept them for who they
are and love all of their flaws and forgive their failures. Well... I decided
to take that same powerful love and shower myself with it.
The first thing I decided was to improve my health. I started to eat better
and to exercise more. Your body is a temple and what you put in it determines
what comes out of it. I also decided to improve my emotional health as well.
All the things that caused me undue stress, whether it was negative people in
my life, problems I could not solve or pure unhappiness and regret at my
failures, I trashed them. I no longer wanted to treat my spirit like the local
landfill. By clearing the clutter from
my life, it allowed me to be open to the positive things life had to offer. Last
but certainly not least, I developed a closer and more profound relationship
with God. He is the source of the light which exudes through me every time I
smile.
I have given myself permission to be happy, to live life to the fullest and
embrace adventure at every given opportunity. I embrace my flaws, my curves and
my size. I love every single ounce of me. The funny thing when I did this, I
actually started to lose weight, my skin cleared up and my health improved. I
surrounded by God’s love. I will never be skinny and I don't want to be... I
want to be healthy and happy. I don't worry about the world not accepting me
because of my size; I have done that for far too long. I have done what I thought I could never
do... I have accepted myself. I love me, I cherish myself and I live each day
to improve who I am and make myself happy.
So ladies, I leave you with this PHATSkinny Vitamin... be happy, be healthy
and love who you are and if you don't, change it. The power to be anything you
want to be is inside of all of us, we are limitless in our ability to progress
and change. Look at yourself in the mirror and smile. Tell yourself that you
love YOU. That's where true happiness starts... I promise you, once you do
that... everyone else will notice. Until next time, be blessed, be loved and be
inspired.
Jennifer Mitchell
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