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The other day I posted on my Facebook a picture of me and my little darling and this is what I said:
" Today I've had an epiphany. Finally.
I am the epitome of my own worst enemy!! Family and friends close to me
would be able to attest to the fact that I have struggled with how I
look for as long as I can remember. But today I woke up happy with
myself. No I haven't lost weight, no I'm not dieting, no I didn't change
anything about myself. I just realized that there are things much
greater than what I look like. Like my
daughters health and well being. I woke up this morning to a husband who
loves the crap out of me, a perfectly healthy and extremely happy baby
girl, a family who would kill for me, and friends who truly care about
my family and I. So who gives a crap that my legs wiggle when I walk,
that my hair isn't straightened, I have a slight muffin top in my shorts
that show my wiggly legs.. If you don't like looking at it, look the
other way. As for me, I'll live happy from now on. Because my legs
giggle a bit, I still have legs to walk, I have more hair than I know
what to do with, and I have clothes to cover the important parts of my
body lol. So, no, I'm not going to change the way I look to make other
people happy. I'm a pretty fantastic person (lol, but seriously) and so
far I'm rocking this motherhood thing! If you don't like it, kiss my
dimply, rather large, pale bottom! "
And I posted this for many reasons;
One of them being that I really did wake up pleasantly pleased with myself.
I haven't, for a long time, honestly cared about what people think of me. Seriously, I don't. But, when I say I'm my own worst critic, I really do mean it. I'm horrible to myself, worse than anybody could've been. Or I used to be. So I woke up and told myself, "you know, this is the only life you get, and for the past 20 some years (I wish I was joking about that) you've been so worried about your weight and how you look while life is passing you by! It ends today!" And it did. I just decided to live my life happy for my daughter. I always said I didn't want to be "the fat mom" for my kids, but right now, she doesn't care! She's 8 months old. And, not to sound awful because she's seriously my best friend in the world, my mom is over weight and was the entire time I was in high school, BUT everyone LOVES her. And they should, because she's awesome. We all, even me, called her "Momma Schwab" and she loved it just as much as I did. All my friends are her friends on Facebook. I even said people that didn't like me in high school liked her. Haha, and it was probably true! So obviously it's not about whats on the outside or what you look like, it's about how beautiful your heart is! And my mom has the most gorgeous heart. Just don't mess with her kids otherwise her heart turns to stone and she'll get ya!
Another reason I posted this picture with this story is because I want other people to be happy, too. I really want people to realize how they can be happy with their body and be proud to be who they are. It really is so important if you want to be a happier person to be happy with yourself. I never really felt 100% happy until the other day when I just let all the negativity go. I'm done being in that dark place, and now I choose happy!
As women we have a tendency to jump into negative or judge others way too quickly. And I really want that to stop. We need to empower each other and bring each other up instead of tear each other down.. I have encountered people that want to, and actually seem to enjoy, humiliating or jump to a conclusion about someone just because of a noticeable characteristic. That's not okay. Who cares if a person has fuzzy hair, or are acting a fool, or have a certain color eyeshadow on? I guarantee you the person humiliating would be very upset or mad if someone was doing the same thing to them.. But, seriously, how is that person effecting your life at all? Most likely, they aren't in the slightest. So, get over it! If it isn't hurting or effecting you and your family, then think about something else.. Or even harder, and better, try to see a positive thing in that person. Ever tried that? See a person who has a crazy outfit on, and try to make a positive thought out of it? It's hard at first, but then your heart will come to enjoy it. It will be lighter and you'll be happier within yourself because negativity is gone. In that case I would say that I admired their courage and confidence to go out in a crazy outfit and feel good about it!
So here's a challenge for you;
Start thinking more on the positive side of things for one whole day. Find something nice to say about people you encounter, look at yourself in the mirror and realize how beautiful you really are and how much you have to be thankful for, be a role model for someone else. Just for a day. And if you don't feel happier throughout the day and the next morning, then try one more day. If it still doesn't effect you then go ahead with your life as normal. But, for me, I've noticed HUGE changes in my life since I decided I would live to be a happy person instead of how I was before.
After you think positively for a day, please let me know how it went! Comment on this blog post or find me on Instagram and let me know. I want to see if it's the same for everyone!
XOXO
