Ahh youth…  Such a wonderful thing.  I’m here to tell all of you spring chickens to take note.  Cherish your youth!  Revel in it, enjoy it, appreciate it, LOVE IT!!  Things change when you get older.

I used to laugh when my mom and my aunts would warn my sister and I about the changes they had gone through with aging.  Now, everyday I am reminded of what they were saying.  I’m in my 30s and I deal with aging on such a small scale compared to others.  Even though I have just a few gray hairs and no wrinkles, I can still tell that I’m going through changes.  Not THE change, (menopause), but changes.  lol

Some examples:

Here’s more:

I tell you this, because when you’re young, you don’t think about how your body will change.  You don’t appreciate your body at all.  You pick, prod, poke, and complain.  You stand in the mirror hating the way it looks and wishing it was more like *insert celebrity’s name here*.  You spend your time hiding your body, not realizing that one day it will be different.  You have children, your metabolism slows down, gravity takes it’s toll, and / or life happens.

i will realize that everyone jiggles. EVERYONE. thigh jigglies, stomach jigglies, arm jigglies, EVERYONE JIGGLES. i am not the only one, and i should not shake my pooch and then count the seconds, mesmerized, until the jiggling stops… this body is my body, and it is a blessing. i will appreciate it for what it is, reward its strengths, accept its shortcomings. i will strive to wake up each morning feeling good about myself and thanking it, and god, for all it has done for me, today and in the days to come.   – Oh Honey.  No.

Second one:

My shape is unique to me, and is not meant to look like anyone else. There is no “perfect” shape, and there never will be. The human race will not eventually conform to one appropriate body type, so neither should I. Energy spent on “if I were only”s will always have been better spent elsewhere. My thighs are not a curse, they are a reminder that I am strong. My soft stomach is not a sign of sloth and gluttony, it’s a sign of fair hedonism and proof that enjoying life is not less important than being “beautiful” in the eyes of the media.

I will not hold myself back from trying things because I’m worried about how my body will look or act. I will not skip dessert solely because I do not want the calories. I will treat my body as a temple, and there’s no rule that says “No Dessert in the Temple.” I will exercise my body because it needs it to function well, not so I can look like someone else, or obtain someone else’s figure.  – The Demoiselles

So stand up and say this out loud like you mean it!

I AM PERFECT NOW!  MY BODY IS PERFECT NOW!  I LOVE MY BODY!

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