As I’m getting ready to brush my teeth this morning, for some reason I looked in the mirror and just paused. And really took a good look at myself. Like I hadn’t seen me in months. As if I didn’t follow this routine pretty much every day. And you know what I saw?
Me.
Same as I’ve always looked.
Beautiful me.
Maybe I’m just emotional this particular morning but I actually said hi to myself out loud. I realized that although my body’s gone through changes and I have a million imperfections and I don’t always think highly of myself, the person in the mirror is the same person I saw before even losing a pound.
In the months after I decided to lose weight seriously, I became so focused on hitting my goals and so proud of the weight I was losing that I think I forgot that I’m still me. My mentality has changed and so has my body. But it felt good to acknowledge myself, the person I’ve always been and always will be. This body, this face, these eyes. A little different every day but so wholly and undeniably me.
I recognized myself in the mirror and it was a bit unexpected to find the same person I’ve always been — just updated.
This was just a thought I wanted to share because I don’t know why this particular random morning turned so weirdly idk profound? Lol it may be a bit silly but honestly I encourage everyone to look at themselves, really look, and say a few kind words. Because you’re stuck with you for your whole life, so you might as well get along with you. And it’s not easy (at least for me it isn’t), you’ll have days where you’ll just walk away from that reflection. And some days you won’t even notice yourself. And other days all you will notice are the negative things.
But, please, look at yourself and be nice. Force yourself to say something positive and kind (even if you don’t believe it at the moment) and stare into your own eyes for a couple of minutes.
Because it’s you. Now and forever.
Beautiful you.
TLDR; I’m weirdly philosophical this morning but I encourage you to look at yourself and be nice. No matter where you are in your goals, treat yourself like a friend and say hi every once in a while. Say a few kind words and befriend yourself. No matter what you look like, you are beautiful and worthy of your love.
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