So there’s been something rambling around in my mind lately
that I think I should share. I thought it would be the perfect entrance/apology
from my long break from posts, though I’m not sure who really reads my blog ha
ha. Anywho, the thing I want to address today is this: I am me for a reason!
You are you for a reason! We cannot change who we are and we shouldn’t want to!
Lately, I’ve been struggling with this because there is someone
I know who just seems to do everything better than I do. I try hard at eating
healthy, she does it better. I run fast, she runs faster. I try to be committed
and then fail, she’s committed and succeeds. You get the picture. Well, I have
had it up to here (my hand’s about a foot above my forehead right now) with the
idea that I’m not good enough because someone else is better at a few things.
SO WHAT???
The fact is that we are all good at some things and bad at
others. That doesn’t mean that we should give up on the things that we are
struggling with. In fact, because we struggle, we can become strong enough to
make that struggle a triumph. All you need to succeed is to give that little
try a whole lot of umph!
I’ll let you in on a little secret: I’ve lost 35 pounds
since my weight loss journey began. I’ve lost several inches from places I didn’t
even know I could lose inches from. The secret is that even when I lost that weight,
I still doubted myself and had mornings where I didn’t like what I saw in the
mirror. I had days where I didn’t want to keep going because the weight wasn’t
coming off fast enough. What does that tell me? That losing weight means
nothing unless love of self has prevailed all along.
So, love it 2 lose groupies, I dare you to forget about
weight loss, to forget about food and dieting (which by the way you shouldn’t
be doing any way-diets are bad, eating
things in moderation is enough) and just enjoy being where you are! If
you have lost weight, if you’re losing weight, if you dream of losing
weight-wherever you are, just stop and enjoy the moment. Today will pass and
too soon tomorrow will be here. Wouldn’t we all be a little happier if we
stayed in the moment instead of wishing another moment would come? Love your
self. WANT to BE yourself. Just enjoy the thing that no one else in the world
will ever be able to experience; enjoy being you.
