Standing on my Soap Box

When is the last time you judged someone? Saw them walk by you and found yourself thinking a snide remark, or comment. When is the last time you did the same thing to yourself? Have you walked by a mirror or a reflective glass window and didn’t like what you saw?

I saw a quote a little bit ago, and this is what it said “If you talked to your friends the way you talked to your body, you’d have no friends left. (Maria Hutchinson)” I fear judgement ALL the time, and I am my worst judge. I view my body in light of what it was 26 years ago. That was before a job where I sat down all day, before marriage to a man who could eat anything and has a metabolism that just does not quit, before I gave birth to three children, and lastly before my thyroid decided to play havoc with me. It was also before I learned how to deal with stress by eating.

Let me go back to the previous quote. I do not speak well of myself when I am talking to myself! There I said it. Pblfff. Out of the over flow of the heart, the mouth speaks. Good thing, because if I spoke out of the overflow of my self-esteem, we would all be in trouble.

Sooo, what should I do about it. I don’t know, give up?  (That would be like my previous blog where I said that sitting down and crying was a good option for dealing with deadlines that have passed, it didn’t get things done). Ok, let’s find another option, blame everyone and anyone? My children did not asked to be conceived, and subsequently born (ok, maybe they did  kinda ask to be born,  “here I am, I am ready to appear, and you cannot stop me”) I did not have someone with a gun at my head forcing me to eat when I was having an emotional moment (or when the munchies hit) So then we have the option of Just do it? Get off my duff every day. Don’t schedule myself in advance for the next 3 months of workouts, cause that just scares me, and then I do nothing.

In case you haven’t read my blogs before, here is where I come out with the statement…

So, why am I telling you this? A) so that you know that you are not alone, I know a lot of people who judge themselves far too harshly. B) Cause I could not come up with a better topic, and I am late again, (although not as late as the previous blog) C) (I must have gone to seminary, (nope) people who have gone to seminary tend to have 3 points to their messages) remember who you are, and that there is no one in this world that is just like you. I am an amazing woman who can conquer the world (well at least my world).