Latest / Just For Today / 49. Look at yourself
Transcript
- Jessica Figueroa: Hello, listeners. Good morning. I have one today that might feel a little bit scary for most of you. Some of you won't mind this one. And for those of you, good for you. For those of the rest of us, this one's gonna feel a little bit scary. Just for today, we are going to look at ourselves in a mirror, our whole body, with as little clothes on as you're comfortable with. Please close the blinds. And we are gonna look at our body with appreciation. Without judgment, without looking at something on it we'd like to improve or change. We are just going to look at our body and admire it. We're going to admire it as a human body of whatever age we're at. We're going to admire it for what it's done. Maybe your body has given life to children. Maybe your body has gone through war. Maybe your body has gone through physical or emotional abuse. Maybe your body has been the victim of overeating due to stress or abuse, but your body has done a lot. It's been through a lot. And things we don't appreciate, we can't improve. So sometimes the things we don't like about our body is simply because we haven't learned to appreciate and value the body we have. So just for today, we are going to spend at least three to five minutes in a mirror with as little to no clothing on as you're comfortable with. Admiring the body that God gave us wherever it's at, because it's lived life. It's been helping you, it's been serving you. Or maybe you feel like your body's been working against you. Maybe, like me, you've experienced cancer and you're like my own body is trying to kill me. And while that may be true, that is still just a part of your body right now and all the life it's lived. I want you to appreciate the gray hair. I want you to appreciate the two skinny eyebrows because you survived the 90s. What does your body look like and what can you thank it for? So let's learn to not criticize, condemn, or try to change our bodies all the time and rather appreciate them every once in a while. Just every once in a while thank it. I can tell you as a woman who's a year ago had a bilateral mastectomy, when I look in the mirror sometimes, I have a whole new appreciation for what I'm looking at and what it's done and what's no longer there and the life it's lived. That I've got an opportunity to see it live. So just for today, we're going to get in front of a full length mirror without a lot of clothes on and appreciate the body we have to partner with on this life. I know it's scary. Don't take a picture. I'll see you tomorrow.