Body shaming

 

Yet another new day to be the person you want to be; not who everyone else wants us to be. 

I hate it, I absolutely hate it.  Why do people feel the need to judge others physical appearance?  Feeling good about the way you look is tough, no matter what you look like.   The "if I only were thinner, taller, shorter, curvier" plagues almost everyone.  The "perfect" body is unobtainable.  Why?  Because it doesn't exist. 

Feeling good in your skin should be our goal; being happy with the person who looks back at us in the mirror.  A goal to get and be healthy is important; health yes, but not the unobtainable goal of perfection.  Who says what is perfect anyway?  Who are we trying to impress?  Is there perfection police out there?  Well sort of and their name is the media.  Look at what has happened with Kelly Clarkson these days; it really is no one else's business but her own. 

Should people feel horrible about themselves if they don't fit into a perfect mold?  How you look and feel is all about you and you alone.  If you are happy looking the way you do, GOOD FOR YOU.  You are one of the very few.  There is something amazing about a person who is confident with who they are and how they look.  It is entirely different from someone in pursuit of the perfection that society puts on us all.  Both sexes are targets, men and women are made to feel that they need to be a certain size and shape to dodge the finger pointing.  Life is just too short not to be happy.

Being happy in life means a whole lot more than our exterior shell.  But, we do have to live in these shells so we should make the best of them, right?    We will live out our life in one body; so we need to take care of it and make living in it the easiest that it can be.  That means keeping healthy.  It does not mean keeping skinny, nipped, tucked and tweaked into perfection.  It means eating well and moving.  There is no perfection pinnacle; perfection is unobtainable.  Who are you on the inside?

Eating well and moving will create a happy body.  A strong and agile body will be the fruits of your labor, rock it.