Can I Do It?
Can I do it? I have a friend who was invited to a “thing” and was sitting in the car with the “inviter” person. The inviter rattled off a list of people she had invited to attend who had declined. My friend was retelling the story saying that as she sat there listening,thinking how great it was this person thought of her as a friend and wanted to do something with her, she realized that she was the last ditch person this “inviter” had called. She said, “Golly I felt worth a penny”!
Sometimes we feel like that. We feel worth a penny. I hate those days. Those days were our features, hair, nose, make up, thighs, reactions, jobs, mothering, spousing, parents, friends leave us feeling worth a penny.
Can I do it? Can I feel like I am worth more then that even when the mirror/family/friends/life dictate otherwise? How do we do that? It is the magic of finding out who we really are. What is our worth in our rattled ol’ brain? For that is what dictates our worth is our thoughts.
I feel great about my body most of the time. There are times that I think “sister is looking fine” and a picture is snapped. Then I see pictures and think“O.M-Goodness” I look fluffy! So, I think man I think I look like a “penny” worth of fluff and why or why did I ever become this girl? The million dollar feeling reduced to a mere penny just because of a snap shot.
So my deal is this. Can I do it, can I decide that the million dollar feeling can and should stay even though the photo dictates my thoughts otherwise? Yes, I can. And I will. I will love myself despite the image that wants to make me less. My marketability is what is contained in said body. A saying someone posted on fb went something like “people are to be loved and things are to be used. But we now use people and love things.” I choose to live to love people and not things. Those people though have to include me. So yes I can. Go and do.
Sometimes we feel like that. We feel worth a penny. I hate those days. Those days were our features, hair, nose, make up, thighs, reactions, jobs, mothering, spousing, parents, friends leave us feeling worth a penny.
Can I do it? Can I feel like I am worth more then that even when the mirror/family/friends/life dictate otherwise? How do we do that? It is the magic of finding out who we really are. What is our worth in our rattled ol’ brain? For that is what dictates our worth is our thoughts.
I feel great about my body most of the time. There are times that I think “sister is looking fine” and a picture is snapped. Then I see pictures and think“O.M-Goodness” I look fluffy! So, I think man I think I look like a “penny” worth of fluff and why or why did I ever become this girl? The million dollar feeling reduced to a mere penny just because of a snap shot.
So my deal is this. Can I do it, can I decide that the million dollar feeling can and should stay even though the photo dictates my thoughts otherwise? Yes, I can. And I will. I will love myself despite the image that wants to make me less. My marketability is what is contained in said body. A saying someone posted on fb went something like “people are to be loved and things are to be used. But we now use people and love things.” I choose to live to love people and not things. Those people though have to include me. So yes I can. Go and do.
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