There's a youtube video by The Harvard Sailing Team comedy group. It's a well known skit called "Boys will be girls." I laugh at it every time I see it, but it also makes me feel yucky. There is one line that resounds within me because I think it frequently.
"I love myself and I hate myself."
It's a shallow, self-deprecating comment. It reminds me how I think I am fat, ugly, weird, and stupid. It also reminds me how I am okay with my oddities. But there's a huge portion of my life with which I am not okay: my body. Sure, I can run three miles and walk dogs and fit clothes and do work around the house. However, I. am. not. happy.
People are always saying they will do something, fulfill their New Year's Resolutions, or really make that change they've been trying to make for as long as they can remember. But I don't want to be a sayer; I want to be a doer.
So, this year I am going to reach a point where I am happy with my body.
I am going to stop using the internet as much as I do.
I am going to praise God for what I have.
I will only love myself.
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