Guest Contributor: Tetu Githua
For the longest time since I can remember I’ve
always wanted to have a different body type.
Going through magazines and watching shows on TV, there were always
girls that looked prettier, happier and seemed to have everything going for
them.
I even got into my twenties and still wanting to
be a different girl! You would think growing up would lessen the insecurities
but for me they just grew. I got to the point I would eat everything in sight
and not gain that perfect hour glass shape. I even prayed about it and as soon
as I’d at least gain a little bit of weight, I’d shed it right off!
It bothered me too much to the point; I couldn’t
focus on anything else. I only wanted to be my kind of perfect. It did not
happen. It’s only when I got tired and realized that I was done, that I did get
inner peace. I started to ask myself, with the body I have, was there anything
I was lacking? I couldn’t pinpoint anything that was amiss due to not having
the “perfect body”.
From time to time, we girls have our days that we
feel we are not comfortable in the skin we are in. On those kinds of days, I
treat myself and make myself feel better. I realized something, every other
person out there, doesn’t care what you look like. It only matters what you
think!
If you decide to love yourself the way you are and
not let anybody put you down, that’s how everyone else will take you. The
secret is you hold the power, you and only you! All you have to do is hold your
head up high on those days you don’t feel up to it.
You don’t have to let everyone in on how you are
feeling, just look calm and unruffled.
Realize you are the worthy of all the good that
comes to you; that life is much more than that perfect body. Always choose to
focus on the great things that you have. Never let anybody tell you otherwise
because if you believe it, everybody else will too.
If your friend is struggling with their body
image, remember to compliment them on the great qualities they possess. Always
ask yourself, do your body insecurities make you miss on anything? If the
answer is no and it should always be, go out and be the best version of
yourself because can nobody take that away from you!
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