14th February 2015
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face
like sunbeams & you will always look lovely. Roald Dahl
Happy Valentine's Day!
Whether you bother with it or not, you should often tell those around
you that you love them not just on a day called Valentine's when the flowers
will cost you four times as much as normal!
Yeah a bunch of flowers in mid January 'just because' will make someone
smile probably more, now there's a thought.
So I shall be spending my valentine morning with my members
and the rest of the day with the most BeYOUtiful person in my world, my mom,
I've been so busy the last few weeks, we've not sat down together much. So I'm thinking a bit of jigsaw and a chat, I
might even make her a nice afternoon tea of her own, now do I make the scones
or nip in Sainsbury's and buy them, yeah I might go buy them, I can get a mixed
box then. I'll sit and watch her eat the
cake as I've not got any weeklies left to be spending on scones at all!
As today's theme globally is 'love', stop for a minute and
ask what you love about yourself, because let's be honest that's the most
important kind of love. Happiness starts
within and as Whitney sang, "learning to love yourself is the greatest
love of all", oh and I know they were George Bensons lyrics but she sang
it in my era. So what's fabulous about
you? What's your BeYOUtiful? We all have it you know and I'm not talking
the physical, because that's not the important stuff, it's the other stuff that
attracts people to you.
Sadly so many don't see their BeYOUtiful, those traits that
make others love them and that saddens me because I believe there's something
loveable about us all. Yep self love
forms the foundation of your single, most important relationship, that's the
one you have with yourself. The strength
of all your other relationships depends on it.
What is self love? well
let's start with what it isn't, self love doesn't mean being arrogant or
egotistical, it's not about comparing yourself to others, nor putting yourself
first at the expense of others. It not
about winning, getting your own way or only looking after number one.
Self love is accepting yourself as you are, that doesn't
mean you can't work on changing but first of all you have to love and accept
yourself 100% now. Not just the physical
you, the emotional one too, the good and bad, no one is always wonderful, we
all have light and dark within us. Knowing
you are a lovable and worthwhile person just because is so important. Self love means being able to set boundaries
based on your values and honour them. It's
teaching others how to treat you by showing them how you treat yourself. Self love involves being kind to yourself,
taking care of your mind, body and soul.
It's knowing you are worth the effort, not because of what you have
achieved or what you look like or what others think of you, but because love is
your birthright no matter what.
And of course I always come back to food and weight loss because
that's the world I'm living in. So for
those of you that are struggling at the moment with it all, remind yourself you're BeYOUtiful, if you've been beating
yourself up lately because you "just can't get your head into gear and do
it" stop trying to be perfect, stop criticizing yourself for not being
'good enough'. As long as you always do your best, that's good enough. Don't let anyone else's expectations of you
put any pressure on your and take it from me, no matter what, you will always
be perfect just the way you are, flaws and all, or those perfect imperfections
as I like to see them.
Stop comparing yourself to others, we're all unique and have
our own special gifts. Comparisons
usually make you feel bad about yourself so don't do it, instead focus on your
own strengths and what makes you special.
Let's agree to love who you actually are rather than the
person you wish you were! Let's start to
celebrate the effort we put in as well as the goals we hit, remember success is
not a destination, success is making progress, so here's to focusing on the
healthy and happy, accepting yourself and looking in the mirror and seeing the BeYOUtiful!
Happy Valentine's Day. Xx
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