Supermom Motivation
By Stephanie Goodman
Supermom of 3 and 2 bonus sons
Mirror Mirror on the wall
It is hard for us, especially women to state what we like about
ourselves. Let alone, love about ourselves, even our physical state? Is this
because it is such an unnatural movement, one that we feel most uncomfortable
with, could it be because of the way we were raised or is it the natural part
of what we are made of?
Why is it easier to kindly compliment a stranger then to speak
kind word to ourselves? Why is that? Where did we learn that compliments
are not OK? I heard it once said “we are
kinder to a stranger than we are to a close friend. We are kinder to our
friends than we are to our family members. And we
are kinder to our family then we are to ourselves”.
How true is this?
I know I would never glance at anyone and bluntly say oh look at
you, you look awful today. Your hair didn't go right, you have a crooked
nose and you could certainly loose a few pounds. You look like a fat lard!
(Yet we say this in the mirror with out a second thought)
I find that when I look in the mirror, I spend more time looking
for imperfections, then things to compliment myself.
But when we are around our friends or even strangers, why is it
so easy to give compliments?
Cute outfit!
You look amazing today!
Your eyes are beautiful!
I love your smile! Good job today!
I noticed you look nice.
You are so sweet.
It's OK; don't worry about how you look.
The important thing is your heart in the right place
I love you just the way you are and so on…
So why is it that when we are given a compliment, we have a hard
time accepting it. Wouldn't our days be so much brighter if we learned to
connect and love ourselves? After all, we have been together for a very
long time.
So my challenge to you, is pay special care to hear and recognize
what mean negative words you are using on yourself. And increase the
level of kind loving complaints instead. I guarantee your life will be better;
your children will act different and learn from your example.
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