theglasschild: Self-image is such a strange thing.For years and years I hated absolutely everything
theglasschild: Self-image is such a strange thing.For years and years I hated absolutely everything about my own self. My body, my face, my voice, my skin, my character, my behaviour. I hid myself under layers of make-up and oversized clothes, came with excuses as to why I couldn’t meet up that day, simply ‘cause I didn’t want to be seen or heard or make a fool of myself.But then little by little, by effort and practice, you befriend yourself. And little by little I started thinking, “maybe I’m not that terrible?” “Maybe I’m kind of ok?”. I stoped eating plastic food made of non-existing ingredients, stopped spending stupid money on “super foods” and “miracle mixes”, and instead gave my body real foods from the ground. Simple. Real. I threw out all expensive factory-made branded products for my skin and instead decided to use plant-based products. Oils and herbs, made by nature. I decided that maybe I don’t have to go running 6 days a week just because I made that rule for myself when I was 10 and I stuck to it religiously but not anymore, my body says no. Instead I meditate. I practice yoga. I walk and breathe, run when I feel like it and use my time wiser. We’re getting older and I don’t want to waste a second doing something that doesn’t feel good or wants me well.Slowly you start loving the way your body carries you rather than how it looks and, as if my outer just needed some love – when I let go of my self-hatred and decided to love what I am and how I am, work with it and befriend it – everything started to flourish by itself. My lifelong acne cleared up. My insomnia is gone, I sleep through the night without pills or chemicals and that strange mark on my left thigh just vanished. Food taste better, smells are richer, my voice is changed. Lower and steadier. I no longer feel the need to hide myself under layers of make-up, I’m trying not to avert my eyes when I talk to someone I don’t know very well, and raw coconut oil makes your hair grow like wildfire!I just poured some love into my own being and it healed itself. How strangely magically logically wonderful -- source link