Jamie...Oh Jamie...Oh Jamie!! Miss Jamie Ridler asked us this week: What do you wish to invest in? That's a loaded question for me.
Of course, easy answer...right?! Invest in myself.
But--more then anything, now--right NOW--I need to invest in my health. I've been told by three different people----wise, wise souls---that it is time I get my health in check. All this stress and poor, impulsive choices has left my body with a layer of mushy fat that sucks my energy like a leech--and keeps me feeling less then my truest self.
I know it's simply not healthy.
I know it's weighing me down--keeping me from feeling my best---an obstacle from keeping me strong.
And how I want to be strong.
So, Universe...are you listening? I wish to invest in my health.
Before anything else.
(work, relationships, creativity!!!)
Amen.
And if I may, I'd like to add a subscript to my wish, dear Universe. I'd like to add that in this wish--as I invest in my overall health--please help me to embrace my belly--to be kind to my stomach--to relish in my curves---all as I move forward to tone and balance my body....carefully, kindly, precisely, and always with great LOVE.
23 comments:
You are brave and beautiful and inspiring. I am with you on this, dear sister! Our bellies look very much the same. ;) Here's to loving them back into shape! Let's do this together. :) :) :)
Connie, I love you and your courage and your vulnerability and your willingness to put yourself out there.
I need to do the same thing, so, Universe? What Connie said? Make it a double. ;-)
As Connie wishes for herself, so I wholeheartedly wish for her also.
As Connie wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
Sweetie, I know how driven you are. I know the way your energy races and zoom-zoom-zooms. And I know your beautiful, precious, gorgeous body wants to support you in stretching into your gorgeous, magnificent, bold, beautiful dreams. Love her up and she will be there for you every step of the way.
I'm so glad you took this picture!! You are brilliant, brave, gorgeous and above all - KIND. Years from now after you've had babies, if you choose to do so, you will be able to look back at that photo and say, "WOW! LOOK AT MY KICK ASS BELLY!! I ROCK!!" Now that The Universe has heard your plea, you will be on your way to rockin' health too. How great is that? :-)
You really do rock, you know?
Stacy
How awesome is that picture??!!! I love it when people are brave enough to look at themselves where they are and begin from there. That journey to invest in your health when you've taken your body for granted for a while can be difficult to begin, but it is so rewarding! As Connie wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
You are just so amazing! Thank you for sharing with such honesty...very brave and simply inspiring!
I am 5'2 and my son was a 10lb baby!! My tummy is terrifying!!
Love your honesty and love that I am not alone! I am going to the gym tomorrow because of you 8)
xoxoxo
Connie, I came across this today on Denise's blog, http://bohophotography.blogspot.com/, as I was having VERY similar thoughts as you today. Please go read this b4 you go to bed. It's a beautiful beautiful post. Love you, and may all your wishes come to be.
<3 Sandy
Girl, you rock my socks. Brava for your bravery, for loving yourself, and for aiming to relish your curves as you care for yourself. *muah!*
Yes yes yes. I am with you on this one. With the stress of the past few weeks/months, my eating habits and exercise have been abandoned. I am trying to be gentle with myself while taking baby steps towards better health.
Thank you for the inspiration. I know you can do it. As Connie wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
Mwah!
P.S. Happy blog birthday!
You're freakin hilarious, so inspiring and always so cool!!
Yay for the belly pic! I admire your courage in keeping it real, and you inspire me to get a grip on my own crappy eating habits leftover from a long winter.
As Connie wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
Ahhhhh - so inspiring and bold, you are... a light for other women (and men) to model. THANK YOU so much for that!!
As Connie wishes for herself - boldly, brilliantly and bodaciously, I so wish for her also with an abundance of LOVE!
As Connie wishes for herself, I wish for her and every other woman including myself, in love, kindness and strength !
Now there is a wish, Brave One ! Thanks you for coming just as you are to the party !
Big Love !
You are a brave and inspiring soul.. I so am in that same place.. I wish for you what you wish for yourself.. You go girl!
you moved me and inspired to be more daring
bless your heart!!!
you are brave and will get anywhere you want and wish
As Connie wishes for herself so I, Carmen with all my heart wishes for her also
I laughed so much at my verification word being "twin" that I forgot what I was going to say. ;)
As Connie wishes for herself (all of her), so I wish for her also.
As Connie wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
There is a kundalini meditation where you simply recite over and over "I am bountiful, I am beautiful, I am blissful, I am, I am." There is a song version and it goes "I am bountiful, I am blissful, I am beautiful in every way... excel ... excel ... fearless today!"
you are fearless ... and beautiful beyond words.
the easiest way I've found to make healthy changes (oh yes, i can drift pretty far off course!) is to simply ask when I am about to eat or do anything: Is this choice going to give me energy? Or take energy? And yes, walking the dog at night ultimately gives me more energy than lying on the couch wallowing in my pissy mood!
big hugs. beautiful wish. am waving my magic wand ... and so it is!
i was in my reader and please check out Sharon's post "bouncing", lovely and brave, you two are kindred spirits
here: http://allnorahsart.blogspot.com/
oh connie, i smiled when i saw this photo! i thought it was sooo beautiful for you to post this! i love your honesty and truth and braveness! i ♥ ya girlfriend!! x
I wish I could be as brave as you are, Connie.
As Connie wishes to invest fully in her health, so I lovingly wish for her also.
I'm sure the Universe listens to you. Trust it too.
You are brave & beautiful, dear friend.
I'm reading "Women, Food & God" right now by Geneen Roth and it's a revelation. She says that the way we eat says everything about our spirituality. I think you might enjoy it too.
I LOVE it, I LOVE you, I LOVE your tummy!! This is absolutely gorgeous. I, like other commenters, admire your bravery as well. I almost took a photo of my own...and yet, the fear and ickiness I feel over my own belly after two kids (stretch marks included) is still preventing me.
You are an inspiration in so many ways. Find your strength, your health, in knowing your own beauty...and that we recognize it as well.
As Connie wishes for herself, so I wish for her also. To embrace yourself as you are now and to move forward towards good health, this is a wish I can share also. May it be.
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