I know loaded topic right, but funnily enough I don't feel like I have a lot to say on the subject. Except... its hard. Its bloody hard. Especially for girls.
Sophie is sitting at my feet licking herself. As far as cats go she is definitely what I would consider beautiful, but she probably doesn't care what she looks like. Isn't it odd that humans are the only species on earth that worry about their looks? There are plenty of animals all over the world that use displays to attract a mate, and most animals groom themselves and each other as a bonding ritual and just generally taking care of themselves. But do they get depressed?Unlike humans the females are usually the ones that are dull, and can also have their pick of any male they want and the males are the ones who are brightly coloured. Being down on ourselves is a very human condition. If we took less time worrying about how we looked and just accepted who we are we would have way less problems. We do need to take care of ourselves though. Exercise, eating right, keeping clean. Finding ways to compensate for the fact that we no longer have to hunt our food. Perhaps if your shop will be small then walk to the supermarket with an Eco-bag (they are nicer to carry that plastic bags). Do sit ups during the ads while you watch TV. Bike to places in easy reach and gradually extend your distances.
Take care of yourself and let having a healthy lifestyle take care of the rest. I hate dieting but this morning I looked in the mirror and thought "yep. Not too bad today". I don't feel like I have lost fat but I have definitely toned up a bit. I have resolved to stop being down on myself and just listen to what my body says it needs, and also realise when it is only wanting something because I've trained it to think it needs it. Goodbye junk food addiction! I also have to tell my body wants at this stage. Forced motivation to go to the gym will eventually turn into a routine my body loves.
I'm sure our men would love us to stop bitching about how imperfect we are. We are the one they chose out of all the others after all. But more than our men how much are we disrespecting God by moaning about ourselves? He made us in his image and we were made perfectly. We are responsible for our own temples. It is not Gods fault if we choose not to look after ourselves. King David got his attitude right. He knew who he was and who created him. By looking to God instead of focusing on our imperfections we gain not only a healthy body but a healthy soul as well. People who are confident are much more pleasant to be around and their confidence is contagious.
Psalm 139
1 You have searched me, LORD,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, LORD, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, LORD, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
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