This post is designed for the ladies out there. Feel free to read, Fellas, but Ladies, pay special attention!
Several weeks ago, one of my friends posted on Facebook, and broke my heart in the process. She talked about how she had gained a few pounds, and spent the next few sentences spitting horrible, hateful names at herself.
Let me pose a situation for you. Imagine your best friend, or your mother, or your sister, or any woman you love. Would you ever tell her that she is disgusting? Or a fat cow? Would you ever spew such hateful things at her?
Now, how often do you say them to yourself? How often do you look in the mirror or stare at the number on the scale and hate yourself?
It isn't fair, and it certainly isn't right.
Here's the deal. Your body is incredible. Just think of all the things your body is capable of. You can walk and run, dance and climb, and as a woman, can create life with this body. That's incredible!
They will never be perfect, and that's ok. Our bodies are a gift, that we should be grateful for.
Take a look at this sculpture.
This is the Aphrodite Accroupie, or crouching Aphrodite. This sculpture is from about the 1st or 2nd century, and is currently on display at the Louvre.
Look at her. She has rolls on her belly and if she were stand up, there probably wouldn't be a gap between her thighs. Ladies, Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty. This lady with the rolls, is the goddess of beauty.
I have rolls on my belly, and stretch marks, and my feet are kinda weird, and I am a goddess of beauty. And so are you.
Stop hating you. Stop comparing yourself to magazines, or other women, or even what you think you should look like in your brain. Stop saying horrible things to yourself. Stop it.
Be happy. Love yourself, chub and all.
Because when you love you, it makes it so much easier for others to love you too.
