A Word On Body Image...What is Your image?

This past week I have been thinking a lot about body image. What is the image of a womans body today? What was the image of a body 40 years ago? The comparision of these two images is nothing but sad.

Does having an emaniciated figure make you have more self worth? Does having a "flawless figure make you smarter? Does wearing the clothing size of a child make you a good person? When you look in the mirror and you do not see a flawless reflection, does that make you any less of a person?

Sopciety tells and shows girls that the only way to "suceed" is to look like a stick thin bag of bones. What is body image anyways? The image f who you are and what you have on the inside is the image that is the most important.

Is body image so important that you are willing to give your life up for it? Are you willing to sacrifice your life that is so important, all in the name of body imgae? An image that is created by a bunch of self rightous men?

Evereywhere you look you are told that you can be perfect if only you...(insert lie here). What if you physical image was going to be tarnished to save your life? Would you be able to drop the vanitey that is set into our brains, the vanitey that tells us to be worth something we have to be "perfect"on the outside?

What would you do if you had cancer and you were told that there was a medication that you could take that would increase your odds by 75%. The only drawback would be is that it was going to permenatley ruin your skin. It would cause horrendous acne and in the end leave scars. Would you do it? Would you have to take time to weigh the pros and cons, oe would you say no way. Unfortunatley societey has taught us that the outside is what makes you who you are. Not the incrediablly strong, intellegent, and caring person that you are on the inside.

Everyday womwen "give up" because of what they see in the mirror. This is a horrible and disgusting way to live. So what if your face is covered in acne, so what if you have scars, so what if you think that you are not as pretty as the women on the magazines. That is not reality. Reality is what is on the inside. Despite all the pysical chracteristics that you may think that make you worth something, in the end none of that matters.

We are women and we are strong. Tell yourself that when you look in the mirror. Being beautiful on the inside is what makes you beautiful on the outside. If someone can not see that in you, then they are someone that should not matter to you!

So whatever ruins your body image, throw it away. Stand in front of your mirror and pull out your brightest pink lipstick and write on the mirror: I AM STRONG, I AM BEAUTIFUL, I AM COMPITENT, I CAN TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM AND I WILL!!! I CARE ABOUT OTHERS AND MOST INMPORTANT I AM AN INTERNALLY BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING!and tell yourself that you are a smart, strong, compitent, caring, and internally beautiful human being. Because in the end that is all that matters!!!

*This blog was written with my best friend in mind. I want her to know that she will always be beautiful to me and to all theose around her that care and love her. Wear your "scars" as a badge, becuase you are fighing a fight that a lot of people would give up on. If I could take away your cancer and take it on myself. But I cant so this is your path in life now...kick your body images ass!!! Tell your body image that life is worth living no matter what the outside shell looks like!