 ♥~♥ There is A Goddess in Every Woman ♥~♥  "It's time we woman decide to start treating
ourselves as the goddess we were born to
be. "It's time we woman decide to start treating ourselves as the goddess
we were born to be. Oh I hear you all groaning or complaining already.
A goddess, no way I cannot put myself up on such a pedestal! What
will others think? Stop worrying about what others think, and start worrying
about your own body and spirit.
How many times have you gone without sleep because you were worried
about something or someone in your family? How many times
have you neglected yourself over the months or years because you
just didn't have the time? I know I can raise my hand on this issue. For
years I neglected my own needs. Now I don't mean I didn't shower or
make sure I looked at least half way decent when I left the house. I am
referring to taking time for me, taking the time to replenish my soul and to revitalize my energy stock.
How many times have you thought in one day, If only I had some time for me, even just 5 minutes to do what I want to do? I have had
that thought many times over the years. Oh yes, even I who "preach" about taking time for me; I still tend to neglect myself. When I
do, guess what, my body and my spirit feel neglected, depleted, and worn out…I could go on and on but I bet you know exactly what I
am talking about.
Our emotions are tied into our body's well being. If you don't believe that try looking at yourself one day when you wake up in a bad
mood. What do you see? Take a step outside of your body for one moment…what do you see as you are looking at yourself? Is your
hair fixed? Are you dressed, or are you doing what I did so many times and just
worked in my PJ's till 10 minutes before the brood comes home? Are you wearing
makeup? Ok don't shoot the messenger here, I don't always wear makeup but I do
NOT ANY MORE!
It's time to stand up for yourself and for the way you are treating your body! How
can you raise your own daughters, influence your nieces, and teach them to love
themselves? How can you teach them how to be a good friend, mom, or lover if you
are not taking care of yourself and feeling good about your own self? I don't mean
you have to look like a run way model every day? Heck, if I had to do that every day
it would drive me mad!
OK, go walk over to the closest mirror and take a long look at yourself. Come on,
don't be shy. I want you to take one good look at your body, your entire body and
love it! Push aside all thoughts of what society tells you what you are suppose to
look like. Don't focus on what pops into your mind of what you look like, or what you
need to fix or how much weight you need to lose. I want you to find 3 things on your
body that you love about yourself. Yes, three things…now I want you to say "I love
my eyes, I love my butt, I love my calves…" or whatever it is you do love about your
body. It can be anything that springs out at you that you do love.
As you are standing there giving yourself one good long look in the mirror are you having a hard time finding something you love?
STOP right there! Think…what have you heard others say about you? It doesn't matter who said it. My husband likes my butt and my
eyes; it took me a long time to accept that fact. I always thought he was just saying that to be nice. WHOA stop right there, take the
compliment and love it! Hold it to you! People will not just come up to you and say "I love the color of your eyes," if they don't mean it.
Now that you have found the three things that you like most about yourself I want you to picture yourself as a goddess. OK, for a lot of
you this is going to be very hard to do. You may be thinking its selfish or stuck up if you think of yourself in anyway but negative.
STOP that stinking thinking right now!
Take a look at some of the most outstanding celebrities in our midst….Bette Midler for instance. The only reason I am using her as an
example is because while watching TV the other night I took a good long look at her. According to society rules she should be thin,
have a smaller nose, and not be so out spoken. But guess what? How she perceives herself is how she presents herself to others.
Bette loves her life. She loves her body and you cannot help noticing what a beautiful woman she is. She is happy with who she is; it
emanates from every inch of her body. Her self-love is evident in everything she does.
Now take that size negative zero runway model, sure she looks like she has everything in this world. But the result is she is constantly
being told she is too fat….my word too fat a size negative zero…and she is always being told what is wrong with her. All she can see
is everything that she is told. We, who "envy" her, for lack of a better term, see a gorgeous body someone we want to look like. All she
can see and feel are all the negatives she is hearing day in and day out.
So what if you live around someone who talks down to you? How do you overcome the negative feelings that are being thrown your
way? How do you come to accept yourself the way you are the way God created you? You need to learn to love yourself for who you
are. Love every inch of your body, love all the flaws, love all the "mistakes and know you are worth it
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