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I’ve been doing my usual struggle with lifestyle, health, weight and image maintenance. It’s one of my life-ers.
There are some things we will courageously and sometimes cowardly maintain our fight with. These are our life-ers. We will have it on our docket every day. There are times when this will blow us away with frustration, hopelessness and feelings of impotence. Other times we will see it more calmly for what it is. It is. No more or less.
It’s helpful to say these things out loud. That way when we wake up and see the life-er there, or catch a reprieve with distraction, or work like a mad-dog to get friendly with ourselves despite it all and find that that doesn’t take these life-ers away, we will maintain hope. We will see these life-ers, although part of us, don’t define us. We will own them and weave them into our friendship with ourselves – flawed and perfect selves.
What is your life-er?
Self-Care Tip – Knowing what your life-er is, is part of being a friend to yourself.
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