My Revelation In Target
This morning I ran into Target for a few things before we head out of town to go camping, and as soon as I walked in the door I saw a mom shopping in the dollar section with her toddler and I just became overwhelmed with sadness.
Over the past year, the passing of time is hitting me really hard. When I saw that mom with her toddler, I longed for those days with my girls when they were younger. So much so my heart ached.
Usually my eyes well up with tears and that ache stays with me a while. But today, unlike any other time I have had this experience over the past year, a new reality hit me.
One day I will also feel the same way about the time I have with them NOW. I will look back on these very years with longing when they are older and are in high school or college.
What if I let the way I feel about missing those toddler years inform the way I appreciate the time I have with them right now? It could make this time so much richer, so much more sweeter, so much more joyful.
We can have this experience with our bodies too.
Have you ever looked at a picture of yourself from 10 years ago, you didn’t like your body then but now you look back and say “Dang! I looked pretty good, what was I so worried about!?”
You’d give anything to go back and have that body now.
Have you ever looked at a picture of yourself from 10 years ago, you didn’t like your body then but now you look back and say “Dang! I looked pretty good, what was I so worried about!?”
Guess what? I bet you will say the same thing in another 10 years about the body you have now.
The truth is, that could continue for the rest of your life, wishing you had the body that you had 10 years ago.
It’s powerful right?
But what if you beat this game and go ahead and allow that experience of wishing you had the body you had 10 years ago to inform the way you are with your body NOW.
What if you appreciate and become more confident in the body you have right now instead of waiting until 10 years from now when you look back and appreciate it?
What if instead of spending these next decades of your life endlessly trying to make your body smaller, you put more energy into making your right now life richer?
This IS actually possible, and you don’t have to focus a tone of energy into changing your body for it to happen. I can help you do this, it is what I do.
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Hi! I’m Meg and I help women stress and obsess less about food and their body so that they can enjoy life more and make a bigger impact on this world!
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