"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." - Marilyn Monroe
Let me paint a picture for you: You're standing in front of the mirror, wearing an outfit you've never worn before. But this time, you think you see something you've never noticed before - the way your stomach sticks out, or maybe how wide your hips seem. You start to worry what's happening to your body. A bunch of excuses and reasons come into your mind - you haven't been working out enough, you had too much junk food on spring break. Then those excuses lead to Hmm, maybe I should go on a diet?...
Have you been in this place before? I know I have. And I've decided that the excuses are the red flag that you're heading down a dangerous path. When you hear yourself saying, "Oh, it's because I ate that pizza" or something like that, hold on. Back up. I think it makes so much sense when we are in that moment, but you have to realize the farther you go picking apart your body, the farther you are letting yourself move away from accepting yourself. That's not where you want to go.
So don't let yourself make any excuses. you don't need 'em. Next time you hear one, backtrack and remind yourself that you are too busy, fabulous, and beautiful to listen to such nonsense.
