Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Valentine's Day To The Most Important Body We Can Ever Love

Valentine's Day is usually a day we tend to focus on some"body" we love.  I say this year we need to focus on another important "body;" our own!

We all have a negative self-image from time to time; wishing we were stronger, younger, leaner and so on. Today, in honor of Valentine's Day, I urge us all to take a good long look inside ourselves and see our body for what it really is.

Our body is the one thing we will have our entire life. It's the catalyst to getting us where we want to go in this world; for without it we wouldn't be here. It's really the most amazing thing we will ever own and we need to learn to appreciate what we have now before it turns into something we once had.
 
Like our loved ones, we tend to sometimes take our body for granted and not treat it with the respect it requires and deserves. We need to start doing good things for our bodies today and every day. Feed it right, exercise it regularly and love and respect it as much as we do all the other special "bodies" in our lives.

As with any loving relationship this is not going to happen over night.  Establishing and maintaining a healthy relationship with yourself and your body is the key to loving others. And though it's not easy you will never be able to truly love someone else until you first love yourself.

So this Valentine's day I think we should all work on falling in love with some "body"...our own!

Happy Valentine's Day!


21 comments:

  1. I agree, we can't give our best to others if we don't first love ourselves. Happy Valentine's Day!

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  2. LOVE!!! I have hard times with this & always a work in progress!

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  3. I agree completely! How can we truly love someone else if we can't love ourselves first? Happy Valentine's Day!

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  4. It's so true that we need to treat our bodies with respect and love. After all, we'll have them forever!

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  5. Very true, you have to take care of yourself : )

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  6. I think you are absolutely right! Always waiting for, when or if, should not make us not love the body we are in now.

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  7. What a great message - this is all so true. Happy Valentine's Day!

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  8. Nice sentiment. It's true, in these busy times it's so easy to neglect self-care. I'm always happiest when I feel healthy and fit!

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  9. Such a great message. It's hard to love others if we don't love ourselves.

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  10. I couldn't agree more! You are your own best Valentine.

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  11. I so agree with you and I'm absolutely at fault here! Before you can love anyone else you have to learn to love yourself first, all the parts!

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  12. Good to remember! Take care of "our bodies" first and foremost! Happy Valentine's Day!

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  13. This is great advice, yet I know for a fact people (myself included) have a very difficult time with it.

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  14. You have to love yourself before you can truly love anyone else. Why do people have unsuccessful relationships? They expect someone else to make them happy. Not going to happen. You have find your happiness within yourself. Great advice.

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  15. What a genius Valentine's Day message!

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  16. Excellent advise Theresa! It's easy to take our bodies for granted and abuse them regularly without a thought.
    Especially during Holiday season when all the goodies, beg us to forget the damage they can do to us. This is wonderful, timely message I will take to heart. Thank you for sharing it!

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  17. Happy Valentine's Day to you!! I have a hard time with my self image from time to time and this post was a good reminder to love myself!! Thank you :)

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  18. I've heard the concept of thanking your body for everything it does for you all the time - from breathing, to sending messages "Put on another sweater!" "Maybe we don't want to eat that again..."

    As one with chronic illness, I need to be careful to remember this. It isn't my body hurting me, it's the illness - my body copes as well as possible.

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  19. Love this post and it's message; wishing you and your much love on this Valentine's Day!

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  20. What a wonderful message! I'm working on being more kind to myself and more accepting of the body I have, and this is a great reminder! Thanks! :)

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