You Are What You Say!

I taught the RS lesson today.  It was entitled "Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself."  After going into all the ways we can love our neighbors, we talked about the second part of the title - loving ourselves.  I asked the women for ideas on how they can love themselves.

TeElle raised her hand and told about a story that happened to her just this week.  She said her sister was over with her 4 year old.  Her 4 year old turned to TeElle's son and called him chubby.  TeElle's son didn't like that very much.  Her sister said "son, we don't call people chubby, except little babies.  Other than that, we don't call people chubby."  Her little boy looked at her and said "well mom, you call yourself chubby!"

We need to change the mental image that we have about ourselves.  I'm reminded of the Mormonad that I saw for the first time when I was really young - (maybe it was when YOU were young Shirl - before I was born...) :)

I LOVE this and wish more women (including myself) would live by this.  Most people would look at this and say the daisy is out of place.  But there are others that would look at this and think the bouquet is ruined because it only has one daisy!  The point it - we need to recognize the differences we have that really and truly make us special.  In the case of this blog - no matter your weight or fitness level.  I really hope I can remember this.  I struggle every day with my self-esteem and self-image.  I'm trying to do better and hope that despite my failures and shortcomings - I will always keep in mind that I really am my own kind of beautiful!