Body

Thought:

My body: This is the one I’ve been given. I can fight against it, belittle it, scold it, alter it, pick it apart, hate it…

Or – I can accept this is the body I’ve been dealt in the genetic lottery and take care of it to the best of my ability.

Affirm: I am kind to my body, even when we don’t get along. I take care of my body as the only one I have in this lifetime. My body deserves compassion for all it’s endured, and I appreciate my body for all it can do and accept it for all its limitations. It may not be perfect, yet it is mine, and I can honor it and myself through care and positive habits.

We don’t get to choose many things in this life. However, there is plenty we can choose and have agency over; our bodies are one of them: what and how much we eat and drink, our sleep habits, what we put on it, how we speak to it, how we change our thoughts to better support it, and to whom we allow access.