It started with a conversation with my mother while we were trying on clothes.
She said, “you know I like a long top as I inherited Nans dropped elephant bum”.
Well, that took me by surprise!
She is 73 years old and still has a negative image of herself. It made me think of all the negative things I had thought & said about my body. It reminded me of a poem that resonated with the fact that we have all treated our bodies with too little respect. We use our energy on this negativity instead of keeping it for all the things we love and add to our lives.
May this poem by Donna Ashworth be a great reminder to all of us of what an astonishing job our bodies do for us. And we start practicing gratitude a few minutes daily to thank our bodies for all it has done for us that day.
POEM by DONNA ASHWORTH – from “I wish I knew”
Poems to soothe your soul and strengthen your spirit.
I wonder if you know,
the work your body has done today.
And every day.
How much disease it has fought off.
How many times it could have failed but battled on,
how many ways it could have broken but did not.
I wonder if you know,
the work your body has done today.
And every day.
And each day it has done this amazing job,
without your help,
without your approval,
your acceptance,
your kindness.
Each day it has soldiered on,
regardless of the constant stream of negativity,
pulsing its way from your brain to your cells.
Not good enough.
Not attractive enough.
Not the right shape.
Perhaps it’s time to see your body for what it truly is,
An amazing and mind-blowingly competent machine.
To get your soul to where it needs to be in this life.
To let you live.
I wonder if you know,
how much better you would be as a team.
I wonder.
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