To some, this is just a mirror. To me, this represents growth.
This is the first time I’ve owned a full length mirror in two years. Why? Because this is the first time in 2 years that I really felt proud and truly admire the full picture of the woman looking back at me.
Like many other women, when I looked in the mirror, I often found things that were “wrong” and things I needed to work on. So instead of constantly being so hard on myself, I just stopped looking in the mirror.
What changed? My mindset. I realize that I am exactly where I need to be in life and my body, my features, my quirks, and my gifts are uniquely mine. Perfectly imperfect. And I’ve made a conscious decision to love every. single. part. of. me.
Self-love and self-care is more that massages and bubble baths. It’s being able to look in the mirror and loving your wide hips, loving the strength of your resolve, and loving the determination that’s gotten you to this very point.
Self-love is releasing the self-judgement and stopping the self-criticism. Basically, I had to make a decision to stop being so hard on myself. All it does it tear your down instead of building yourself up.
So now, I look in the mirror. Not just from the waist up. I look in the mirror and I see all of me – the inside and out. I love every single thing.
No more hiding. No more ignoring. No more playing small.
What do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you absolutely, positively love the reflection of the person that you see inside and out? You are absolutely perfectly imperfect. And there’s nothing that can change that.
