๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐/๐. โฃโฃ
Itโd be great, sure, but itโs unrealistic. And to be honest, itโs not really necessary. โฃโฃ
See, the key to body acceptance is recognizing that you are so much more than your appearance. โฃโฃ
Itโs recognizing that what you look like is quite honestly the least interesting thing about you. โฃโฃ
Do you hang out with people just because you find them attractive? Are you in a relationship with someone just because they have a hot body? Sure, maybe itโs something you were initially drawn too, but is that why you choose to stay with them? โฃโฃ
Iโm guessing the answer is no. โฃโฃ
๐โ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ: ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ. โฃโฃ
They donโt care if you have stretch marks. Or cellulite. Or acne. โฃโฃ
They donโt care if your belly jiggles or folds or bends. โฃโฃ
They donโt care if you have the whitest teeth or the longest eyelashes. โฃโฃ
People do not choose to be around you because of what you look like. โฃโฃ
Itโs hard to comprehend this when there is an industry worth over 60 billion dollars trying to convince you otherwise. โฃโฃ
Women in particular have been raised in a culture that teaches them that their appearance is what matters most. Weโve been taught that if weโre not pretty and thin, ย then weโre a nobody. Worthless. Undesirable. Unloveable. Weโll never be happy. Never be successful. Never find love.โฃโฃ
Not only that, but our society has created this beauty ideal that is completely unrealistic and unattainable. โฃโฃ
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Thin, but not too thin. โฃโฃ
Curves, but only in the butt and breasts. โฃโฃ
Muscle definition, but not too masculine. โฃโฃ
No cellulite. โฃโฃ
No stretch marks.โฃโฃ
No jiggle, except on the booty of course.โฃโฃ
Pearly white teeth. โฃโฃ
Defined cheekbones.โฃโฃ
No pimples. No scars. โฃโฃ
Nothing human.โฃโฃ
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We all know itโs impossible to achieve this look of perfection. We all know the images in the media are highly edited and photoshopped. โฃโฃ
Yet we ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ feel horrible that we donโt look like that girl in the magazine. We ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ spend hours in front of the mirror, critiquing ourselves from head to toe. We ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ put ourselves through countless numbers of diets and spend hours at the gym. We ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ think if we can just reach that weight, if we could just reach that size, then we would be happy. Then we would be confident. Then everyone will like us and admire us. โฃโฃ
We have our worth tied to our appearance. Thatโs the problem.โฃโฃ
Guess what? You were not put on this earth to sit there and look pretty. Your worth is not measured by the size of your jeans or how you look in a bikini. โฃโฃ
You are a person. A friend. A spouse. A daughter. A parent. A sister. โฃโฃ
Kind. Smart. Funny. โฃโฃ
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ. โฃโฃ
I do believe you are beautiful.โฃโฃ
I would love for you to believe that as well. โฃโฃ
But more importantly, I want you to realize that your beauty is not the most impressive thing about you. โฃโฃ
I want you to go to the beach and take in the beautiful scenery instead of worrying about what you look like in a bathing suit. โฃโฃ
I want you to be able to run out the door in the morning instead of taking an hour to cover yourself in makeup first. โฃโฃโฃ
I want you to enjoy going out for ice cream with your kids or grabbing a drink with friends without thinking about the calories or feeling guilty afterwards.โฃโฃ
I want you to feel pleasure during sex instead of thinking about how your body is looking or if your partner can see your cellulite. โฃโฃ
I want you to move your body to celebrate what it can do instead of a way of punishment for what you ate.โฃโฃ
I want you to look back at a photo and think โwow that day was so fun!โ Instead of โoh my god I look terrible.โโฃโฃ
I want you to know that you are absolutely amazing and that it has nothing to do with your appearance. โฃโฃ
I donโt think you need to fall in love with your body. โฃโฃโฃ
๐โ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐. โฃโฃ

