I Love Me
It was recently brought to my attention, by an incredibly stunning woman, that bitches be crazy. Fine, I’m paraphrasing a little bit, but the gist of it all is that we’re so busy seeing the bad in ourselves, that we don’t see the good. TRAGIC. And the worst part of it all is that we prevent others from seeing the good.
We’ve all done it. We get to work and someone tells us we look great. “Oh, it’s just the makeup.” “Smoke and mirrors, my friend.” “Oh stop – I look TERRIBLE! I’m exhausted and I need to lose ten pounds!” This is horrific and must stop. Why do we insist on basically telling people that they’re stupid. They MUST be either blind or giant liars if they’re saying nice things about us. COME ON, ladies, STOP IT. Stop it right now. Look down and love what you see. It’s not conceited to not hate yourself, for goodness sakes!
In the interest of being the change I want to see, here is a list of five great things about me (OMG! One of them should be that I’m a poet because that totally rhymed):
1. I’m pretty. True story.
2. I’m funny. You may not like everything I say, but at some point, you’re gonna laugh.
3. I’m a great friend. If I love you, you KNOW you’re loved.
4. I have really long legs. And I like to kick them when I get excited. It’s a great thing because they look fabulous when they’re flailing around wildly.
5. I have a great smile. Again, true story.
Really. Thanks. I appreciate it and it’s ALWAYS nice to hear it.
(photo from wishafriend.com)
I know that most of that list was physical stuff, and that was on purpose. We spend so much time hating our physicalness (yup, physicalness) and when asked to say something nice about ourselves, we always default to “I’m smart,” “I’m interesting,” or even, “I have great eyes.” Those ones are easy. Sure, they’re important, too, and probably more important in the long run. But the point of this whole thing is that it is OK to love what you see. It is OK to be proud of the jillion squats that you’re doing. It’s OK to see yourself and fall a little bit in love. Because you’re worth it.
Your turn. What are five things you love about you?
Simply LOVE it! I think we should start a blogging revolution. We’ll call it Fabulously Flattering Friday’s, where we end our week and begin our weekends will 5 great things about ourselves….and you just started it…awesome!!! Now it’s my turn……
I LOVE that idea! The Friday Five! Where we give ourselves a virtual high five for being so freaking amazing. Because we really ARE.
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Amazing post! I totally and whole-heartedly agree! What the heck is wrong with thinking of yourself as physically beautiful? This is my fave line “It’s OK to see yourself and fall a little bit in love.”
Thank you so much! Let’s make 2014 the Year of Us. We need to learn to love ourselves again!
You are indeed all of those things. See also:
You are an amazing listener.
You are empathetic.
You are a believable, down to earth, superstar parent.
I love your tits.
I love you.
Silly! You were supposed to write five amazing things about YOU!
Like, for example:
1. Your ass. Omg. So beyond incredible. I totally want to sink my teeth into it.
2. Your voice. You articulate things in a way that make me feel like I need Hooked on Phonics.
3. Your face. Stunning. Nuff said.
4. Your heart. You aren’t nearly as tough as one might think.
5. Your soul. You make me believe in people again.
Preach it sister!!
That’s my goal, my friend!
YES YES YES! If I didn’t just post I would do my list right now but I hate when I feel like I’m doing overkill on posts, ya know? I will post next Friday. Or Monday? Can we make it part of Project Optimism?
We can do anything we want!
I really love this. I read once that we don’t use ugly language to our dear friends about their bodies, ideas, etc., so why is it ok to do it to ourselves? Self-love forever!
YAY and thanks! Let’s make this the year of REALLY loving ourselves.
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