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Looking in The Mirror

Friday, August 03, 2012


After Aqua Zumba I went home and thought about God rest his soul (Micheal Jackson) His song about the man in the mirror. I see the woman in the mirror and she looks back at me. The thoughts attached to that woman have changed over and over again. She has been through all spectrum of the rainbow as far as emotions are concerned.She has been rejected, misfit, outsider, temporarily popular, spiritedly funny, rejected, ridiculed, admired, abhorred,greatly loved,overanxious, hopeful, hopeless, abused, and loved to great lengths by strangers...She has been over the mountain and through the hills in love,in lust , in trouble, in denial, in hiding, in the public eye, beneath the rocks and above the clouds.

I wonder how long it takes the mind to catch up to all the emotional and physical changes the body goes through? For instance like when you are extremely mad it takes time, and deep breaths, and whatever else it make take YOU to calm down. What lagging to bring all those emotions down is it the mind or the body? If there are any experts out there I would truly be engaged by your answer.

This woman, has been lost many times over and found by lovers,by liars, by musicians, by artist,by churches,by foes, and by friends, by my husband, and above all found by God. He didn't lose me but I had lost Him and in my thoughts to lose yourself is to lose Him within yourself because He abides in you and that great power to love that breaks the chains of evil also abides in You!

I see that woman she is me....She has shift shaft into so many forms but she is me and though my shape is taking form on the outside it was just my body showing signs of everything i have undergone on the inside. So as I take the time, To go through the motions of creating the life I want amidst of the economy and all of the strikes against me. I know that I will make it. I am pleased with the fighting woman I have become and I am beautiful.

Food for thought: How often do you truly look in the mirror? and are you happy with what you see?

Its 2012 and its time to shed some weight lose the regret, pain, shame, and disappointment of yesterday for a better today!
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PURPLEPEONY 8/24/2012 2:55AM

    After gainig the weight I hated looking in the mirror. I knew the image in my reflection was not really me but a masqerade put on to hide my hurt, my guilt, my disappointment, my rejection, my fears & my shattered dreams. It was just a facade. And when I managed to smile my facade became a lie. As the weight comes off I find myself not avoiding mirrors as much. More & more I`m able to look beyond the lie in the mirror & find my true self.

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MADHATTER100 8/6/2012 11:22PM

    Wow... Yes... Very moving! emoticon

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JACKIEANN1968 8/4/2012 3:26PM

    Great blog. It is brave to really look at yourself and assess what you see and what others see. I only truly began to love myself this past April. I take the time to look in the mirror, now. I don't like the way my body looks but I do love the woman I am and the woman I am becoming. I am working hard to make my body healthy, as God intended it to be. A few months ago, I realized how blessed I am to still be as healthy as I was in spite of the way I abused my body for so many years. That is what helped me learn to love myself. I realized, that considering I was over 150 pounds overweight (another whole adult) yet I did not have high blood pressure, diabeties, was still mobile, could still exercise or suffer from the million and one other weight related diseases out there. That's when I realized how could I not love myself when I am so truly blessed. That's when I really began working hard to fix this body so I could be the way God intended me to be.
Hugs, Jackie

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NEWME0519 8/3/2012 3:56PM

    Amen!

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MSDOUBLEJ 8/3/2012 2:48PM

    Very well said!

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NANCYPAT1 8/3/2012 2:15PM

    THANK YOU. That post was truly moving and unfortunately I have to answer that I almost NEVER look in the mirror. I don't hate myself (or at least that is what I tell myself) BUT I am certainly guilty of NEGLECTING myself. I guess I didn't THINK of how serious that could be. I also KNEW that I was not really taking care of myself as God intended as my body IS the temple where HE resides - I hadn't recognized that my neglect was not only losing ME but also losing touch with God. This really made me think and reassess my attitudes and behaviors a bit. THANK YOU.

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