I was thinking....(the 3 dreaded words prior to a rambling blog), about how your confidence level and mental attitude can completely change how you are viewed by others. We spend so much time buying clothing and working on looking our best, but sometimes our attitudes are the last to change when really it should be the other way around. I've in the past, and I stress PAST (we're talking the 20's), I was very self conscious of being too skinny, but why didn't I feel like a delicate ballerina? I mean, someone could have easily looked at me and said, "god, she should eat more", or someone could have looked at me and said, "she is so tiny, like a little ballerina" (I don't know where I'm getting the ballerina imagery, but I kind of like it so despite the fact no one has actually said that, I'm going with it). My point is that I chose to look at myself through the negative looking glass, when I could have just as easily looked at myself through the positive . What makes someone stand up a little taller and walk with confidence is the self-affirmation they give themselves that they are beautiful no matter what they look like that day, year or that decade. Everyone around us will have varying opinions based mostly on our own insecurities (ie the curvy woman who hates thin woman, the thin woman who thinks curvy women are fat). Other people's opinions can be suspect in this matter because it is always tainted by their own issues, insecurities and jealousy.
I'm not sure I have a point really, except that my goal is to start only referring to positive things about myself. I'm going to try and cut out anything that sounds negative and maybe if I force myself not to say it, then it will be less likely to manifest itself into some physical sign that goes to supports the negative statement itself. So today, I'm a beautifully curvaceous pregnant woman with a gloriously large tummy (not to mention the boobs and backside to match)! :-) Signed, ME {lv}
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