Please watch this truly undeniably awesome video!
It makes my heart hurt. It hurts because I too am guilty of focusing on what I think is wrong with me. It hurts because I’ve wasted time worrying about things I shouldn’t worry about. It hurts to know that we (women) are all guilty of torturing ourselves in this way. It hurts because of the pain we feel while doing this to ourselves. We compare ourselves to what we think is perfection. We compare ourselves to other women. This cycle of comparison and being critical of ourselves is debilitating and useless. Think about that…. these thoughts are debilitating and useless.
We begin to believe we lack something. We think we must fix this, that, and a dozen other things about ourselves. We lose sight of our beauty. With so much of our focus on parts of us we don’t like, we delay our happiness and contentedness for when we have “fixed” ourselves. Some might ask “why?” Not me. The “why” no longer matters. What matters is that we acknowledge we don’t have to think this way anymore.
It hurts because the truth is ignored. I have friends and family that when I’ve told them they are beautiful they blow me off. It’s almost as if they are thinking to themselves “She’s my friend (or relative), of course she is sugar coating things.” Have you had similar thoughts? Have you ignored or blown off a positive comment from someone close to you? Well friends (and family)….It’s time to stop!
It won’t be easy to change our thought process. These women experienced first hand how deceptive their thoughts were. We can learn from them. As much as this video makes my heart hurt, it also helps set me free. My hope is that it does the same for you!
Much Love!
Meg
