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Photo reblogged from Internal Acceptance Movement
The idea of having a “perfect” body feels enticing.
It feels like the solution to our problems.
But in truth, it only perpetuates them.
We tell ourselves, “If I was thin, I would be happy”.
But we forget that the drive for thinness forces us to give up things essential to our happiness.
Wearing a size 0, for me, means being weak, sick, and unable to participate in life.
It means not having a period or a personality.
It means being tired all of the time and not being able to think.
It means never laughing or smiling.
It means isolating and rejecting plans because they revolve around food.
It means missing out on opportunities and losing friendships.
The reality is that our pursuit of thinness and beauty cause us to lose so much more than weight.
We end up losing life.
Losing sight of the fact that we are beautiful exactly as we are.
That we are perfect in our imperfection.
True happiness doesn’t lie in the size of a body or a number on the scale.
It’s found in the freedom to be ourselves.
It comes from friendship and laughter and love.
It comes from doing things that heal our hearts and nourish our souls.
It’s time to let go of the desire for thinness.
And start holding onto the desire for life and all the possibilities it has to offer.
Your happiness is yours for the taking.
It starts with deciding that life is more important than a size.
It starts with choosing connection over perfection.
And it starts with you.
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Photo reblogged from Let love in ♥
See that girl up there? Yeah That’s my sister. Her name is Abigail. But most people called her Abby. Today’s her birthday. I want to tell you a story. Today around 8 in the morning we went in her room to say “Happy Birthday,” we didn’t see her anywhere. So my dad looked in her bathroom, we found her dead in the bathtub. No one knows why, She carved in both her arms, “Fat, Ugly, and worthless.” You don’t know how much it hurt my mother but mostly me, I went on her facebook, it was logged on, so many messages of people calling her those words. You don’t know how much it hurt me, I wish that was me not her. Just take a second of your time and Reblog this for my sister. REBLOG THIS IF YOUR AGAINST CYBER-BULLYING. Happy Birthday Abby, I Love you.
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Photo reblogged from Internal Acceptance Movement
The way we feel about our body has little do with our actual weight, and more to do with the way we feel about who we are.
When you value yourself as a person, you value the skin you are in.
When you recognize you are worthwhile, you see your body as being worthy of love.
And when you feel loved, you feel beautiful.
Instead of trying to change the shape of your body to find happiness,
Choose to reshape the way you feel about who you are.
Your body size does not define your self-worth.
Beauty comes in every size.
And everyone deserves to be loved.
You are no exception.
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