Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

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Hi Everyone,

As some of you know, I went to a ladies conference this weekend. The

speaker was a woman named " Liz Curtis Higgs " . She is a large size woman.

She spoke about excepting ourselves the way that God made us. One of the

things that was mentioned was -- what are we looking for when we look in

the mirror? Often times we look at our problem areas. We tend to notice

the things that drive us the most crazy about ourselves such as a big

belly, thunder thighs, a big fat pimple on our face, etc. etc. etc. We

need to remember that God made us in His image and we are beautiful or

handsome. God loves us the way we are and we need to learn to love

ourselves. Maybe your body isn't the way that you would like it to be

yet, but surely there's something about you that you like.

Tomorrow when you look in the mirror try and notice the things about

yourself that you like. Maybe it's your muscular arms. This is one of the

things that I like about me, I flex my arms and look at my muscles. :-)

Maybe it's your tiny waist, a flatter stomach then you had a month ago,

smaller saddlebags, your hair, or maybe it's just your smile. What ever

it is, admire that. Don't dwell on the negatives. When we just notice

the negative things about ourselves we have a tendency to get depressed,

at least I do. I don't know about you, but if I'm depressed I eat more

junk food. If we're down because of our bodies, eating more junk food

isn't going to make our bodies look any better. Depression can really

ruin your day. Sometimes when you get down it causes your family to get

down also. How fun is that????? Can you imagine your whole family being

depressed because of your big hips, or stomach, or ???? There's so much

negativity in the world, let's focus on the positive things. You are

beautiful, no matter what your size.

We all are striving to get smaller bodies and that's great. Just realize

if you're taking steps to get there by breathing, drinking your water,

and eating better, you're doing the right things to obtain those desired

figures, but while you're waiting, love the body that you're in now, God

does.

Love, Liz

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Hello Precious Liz,

I somehow missed this. Wow! It is spectacular. For those who have not read

it. I urge you take a moment and do so now. If you have, read it again. It

is worth the time.

It has many of the same concepts that I speak about in the Victory Theory.

I have deep beliefs that if we would learn to love ourselves, not in spite

of our flaws, but because of them, we would find success in every area of

our lives.

Our flaws are what make us unique, keep us grounded.

I believe that often it is the negative beliefs that we have about

ourselves

that keep us from achieiving our goals.

The first step in achieving any goal is accepting ourselves as we are.

Learning to internalize self-love on the deepest level is vital to finding

the one thing we are all searching for, happiness.

Happiness seems like such a simple concept, yet it eludes so many of us. We

do not reach out for what we want, often because we do not believe we

deserve it.

Learning to appreciate your legs because they get you where you want to go

is a first step in having what you consider " attractive or pretty legs "

Learning to look at your body and love it will help you to feel that your

body is worth the effort it takes to keep healthy and fit.

Silly as it may seem, look at yourself in the mirror and smile at yourself.

Look at that beautiful person and appreciate all that you are. See the

gentleness in your heart, the thoughtful caring person you are and

appreciate that person. Smile like you are smiling at a your best friend.

Learn to think of yourself as the most valuable person you have ever me.

This is not about being self-centered, it is about being balanced and

appreciative of the things you have and who you are.

Liz, Thanks so much for taking the time to send this to me.

Love,

>

> Rashelle

>rashelle@...

http://www.lifelift.com

> > Hi Sweet Rashelle,

Did you happen to read my post called " Mirror, Mirror On the Wall " ? I was

wondering what you thought of it. I posted it while you were away. Here's

a copy of it.

Love, Liz

> > Hi Everyone,

> >

> > As some of you know, I went to a ladies conference this weekend. The

> > speaker was a woman named " Liz Curtis Higgs " . She is a large size woman.

> > She spoke about excepting ourselves the way that God made us. One of the

> > things that was mentioned was -- what are we looking for when we look in

> > the mirror? Often times we look at our problem areas. We tend to notice

> > the things that drive us the most crazy about ourselves such as a big

> > belly, thunder thighs, a big fat pimple on our face, etc. etc. etc. We

> > need to remember that God made us in His image and we are beautiful or

> > handsome. God loves us the way we are and we need to learn to love

> > ourselves. Maybe your body isn't the way that you would like it to be

> > yet, but surely there's something about you that you like.

> >

> > Tomorrow when you look in the mirror try and notice the things about

> > yourself that you like. Maybe it's your muscular arms. This is one of

the

> > things that I like about me, I flex my arms and look at my muscles. :-)

> > Maybe it's your tiny waist, a flatter stomach then you had a month ago,

> > smaller saddlebags, your hair, or maybe it's just your smile. What ever

> > it is, admire that. Don't dwell on the negatives. When we just notice

> > the negative things about ourselves we have a tendency to get depressed,

> > at least I do. I don't know about you, but if I'm depressed I eat more

> > junk food. If we're down because of our bodies, eating more junk food

> > isn't going to make our bodies look any better. Depression can really

> > ruin your day. Sometimes when you get down it causes your family to get

> > down also. How fun is that????? Can you imagine your whole family being

> > depressed because of your big hips, or stomach, or ???? There's so

much

> > negativity in the world, let's focus on the positive things. You are

> > beautiful, no matter what your size.

> >

> > We all are striving to get smaller bodies and that's great. Just realize

> > if you're taking steps to get there by breathing, drinking your water,

> > and eating better, you're doing the right things to obtain those desired

> > figures, but while you're waiting, love the body that you're in now, God

> > does.