Beauty is more than skin deep. Attractiveness is ultimately not a quality of physical appearance but of psychological attitude. When, though, we become overly concerned about our limitations, we draw other people's attention to them. Think only the best of yourself.
Not my words…
A little self-motivation exercise. One. Two. Three. Yeah, well, I have my issues and not afraid to work on them. So this saying about “being comfortable in your skin”… I twisted it a bit to suit my own needs. It used to be to me “to be content with whatever 3D form you are and let others to accept you as “seen on reality tv” (and dismiss those who can’t accept – leave people without imagination to supermodels)”
I now tend to see it slightly differently. To be comfortable in my skin to me means to feel physically good being me. Not setting a goal measured in stones or inches, but actually just be able to feel the pulsation of the cells and generally be “awaken” in body. That’s what my dance classes and my morning swims do to me. And I’m not being hyperactive (as frankly, I do not bother to work out so that I’ll slip-swim out of my swimming suite, it’s hard enough just to deliver my sleepy self closer to the water in the morning!) But the sense of doing something good for my body makes me happy enough to want to do it again.
Actually, to review this last year health-wise I have to say I did unexpectedly very well. And even if I am far from the ideal dress size, I am in a shape. (well, round is a shape too, you know ;-)) I haven’t been seriously off sick this year, I managed to keep hay fever under control so well, I hardly noticed her effects this summer, I brought my high pressure down to the perfect level, I’ve finally overcome my dentalfobia and now can’t stop glancing secretly in all reflective surfaces to see that cute smile. So yeah, I did pretty well this year. The interesting thing is that although I am not happy with what I see in the mirror and do not turn heads when walk around, oddly enough I feel much more relaxed about self-image then ever before. I feel healthy. Not beautiful, but healthy. And somehow this makes me feel comfortable in my skin.
Not my words…
A little self-motivation exercise. One. Two. Three. Yeah, well, I have my issues and not afraid to work on them. So this saying about “being comfortable in your skin”… I twisted it a bit to suit my own needs. It used to be to me “to be content with whatever 3D form you are and let others to accept you as “seen on reality tv” (and dismiss those who can’t accept – leave people without imagination to supermodels)”
I now tend to see it slightly differently. To be comfortable in my skin to me means to feel physically good being me. Not setting a goal measured in stones or inches, but actually just be able to feel the pulsation of the cells and generally be “awaken” in body. That’s what my dance classes and my morning swims do to me. And I’m not being hyperactive (as frankly, I do not bother to work out so that I’ll slip-swim out of my swimming suite, it’s hard enough just to deliver my sleepy self closer to the water in the morning!) But the sense of doing something good for my body makes me happy enough to want to do it again.
Actually, to review this last year health-wise I have to say I did unexpectedly very well. And even if I am far from the ideal dress size, I am in a shape. (well, round is a shape too, you know ;-)) I haven’t been seriously off sick this year, I managed to keep hay fever under control so well, I hardly noticed her effects this summer, I brought my high pressure down to the perfect level, I’ve finally overcome my dentalfobia and now can’t stop glancing secretly in all reflective surfaces to see that cute smile. So yeah, I did pretty well this year. The interesting thing is that although I am not happy with what I see in the mirror and do not turn heads when walk around, oddly enough I feel much more relaxed about self-image then ever before. I feel healthy. Not beautiful, but healthy. And somehow this makes me feel comfortable in my skin.