Guest guest Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 This is from my other group. I thought it was good. I will post the other entries as well. Gena > April 12 > > The following is the April 12 entry in Ban Breathnach's book, > Simple Abundance. > > I will enter the next two days, after today, as well, 1 per day. All > 3 entries have to do with food/body/loving yourself, and I think > they're really good. > > April 12 > Learning to Love and Honor Your Body > > " The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it > is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should > be treated with honor. - Martha Graham > > Which comes first, learning to love our bodies or possessing a > positive body image? Either way, it works. If you don't possess a > positive body image - and most of us don't - learning to love your > body can help you develop one. " If you can learn to like how you > look, and not the way you think you look, " Gloria Steinem assures us, > " it can set you free. " > > The time has come for us to realize that until we work on increasing > our self-esteem by loving ourselves in small ways, we can't begin > changing ourselves for the better in big ways. We must start by > choosing to break the self-destructive cycle of unrealistic > expectations, especially our own. > > Starting today, shun the world's idea of beauty, because it's > constantly changing. Cleopatra longed for varicose veins, Middle Age > beauties padded their bellies. Don't wait for the world to celebrate > you. Carve your own niche. Focus on what's great, forget about > what's not. Find joy in your own reflection. Instead of obsessing > about a body that's impossible to achieve without a personal trainer, > begin to discover how you can feel better about living in the one you > now inhabit. > > learn firsthand the transforming power of nurture over nature. > Nourish your body with healthy food and pure water. Slow down and > remember to breathe before taking a bite. Breathe out stress and > negativity, breathe in oxygen and positive energy. Rediscover how > marvelous it is simply to move; stretch, dance, walk, run, jump, skip, > place, embrace. Pamper your body with comfortable clothes, quiet > moments and soothing beauty rituals. > > " A woman's relationship with her body is the most important > relationship she'll ever have. More important than husband, lover, > children, friends, colleagues. This isn't selfishness - it's just > fact, " health and fitness expert K. Roesch tells us. " The body > is, quite literally, our vehicle for being - for giving, for loving, > for moving, for feeling - an dif it doesn't work, it's fairly certain > that nothing else in our lives will work, either. " > > Today, instead of hating your body, make peace with it. Choose to > consciously love and honor the sacred garment Spirit provided for this > lifetime's journey. > > April 13 and April 14 are even better! I will type one per day...... > > Enjoy! > Jolene > > > ________________________________ > Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole > staircase, just take the first step. - Luther King, Jr. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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