Positive Affirmations

I read an article yesterday about positive affirmations.  I have decided this is going to be my new philosophy.

We all tend to talk to ourselves very negatively.  I have seen a million times on facebook and pinterest this little saying that if a friend spoke to us the way we speak to ourselves, we would not be friends for long.  That is so true.  I would never tolerate someone berating me the way I have done.

This article said that we must speak to ourselves as though our positive affirmation has already happened.  It stated for instance, "if you weigh 150 lbs and you want to weigh 125 lbs by Christmas you must say you are already that weight."  So, you don't say, I WILL be 125 lbs.  You say, I AM 125 lbs.  Period.  You can say, "I like being 125 lbs. or it feels really good at 125 lbs."  The point is to get your mind where you wish to be rather than focusing on the "how" you are going to get there.

It said it will feel weird at first.  Well, I believe that.  It seems silly to say something over and over that isn't true yet.  However, I'm doing it.  I have a list of goals.  Physical and emotional goals that I have decided I am going to meet this year.  Yesterday I tried out this new technique.

I'm super positive this morning.  I'm full of energy and happy.  I don't know how much of this is the astounding weather we have been experiencing of late and how much is positive affirmations.  Frankly, I don't care.  I feel fabulous and I'm riding the wave.

I also looked in the mirror yesterday and forced myself to see only good things.  Rather than pick myself apart and find fault with every part of my face and body, I turned it around and turned every negative into a positive.  I refuse to waste one more moment of my life wasting the gift that is me.  I've never worn a bikini because I thought I was "fat."  Meanwhile my body was smokin' hot.  I had no clue until that body was gone.  I always underestimated my allure with the opposite sex because I only saw myself compared to other women.  They had a perfectly symmetrical face or a long graceful neck and a super thin rail-like body.

I don't.  I have a round face.  I have a short neck.  I have a curvy body.  You know what?  That's ok.  Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.  I will not spend one more minute comparing myself and finding myself lacking.  "Comparison is the thief of joy" said Theodore Roosevelt.  How true that is.  No matter how much of anything we have, there will ALWAYS be someone who has more.  I am done thinking about how I measure up.  I am more than ready to appreciate what makes me unique.