Looking at current pictures makes me mad!

Those of you who are parents and particularly moms will instantly understand what I’m talking about now.

It seems we spend our lives wanting the best for others and loving others more than we ever do ourselves and truthfully even  if we’re not parents in many ways it’s  human nature to want the best for others quite often more than we want the best for ourselves.

None of us I believe would deliberately want somebody else to be harmed by our actions and in fact most of the time we do our very best to ensure that those around us get the best out of life and that action and understanding and attitude is all fine and dandy except when it comes to ourselves.

If we had truly loved ourselves as much as we loved those around us then we would not let ourselves get into the state physically such that just catching a quick glimpse of ourselves can be so disheartening, disappointing and a shock  that brings us back to reality and it’s that shock that presents us with two new  challenges.

The first is really a continuation of what we’ve been doing all of our lives. If we truly love those around us, those that we really care for then that unselfish drive that we have deep within us requires us to stay around and be there for them. That obviously means that we need to be healthy if we want to live a long life.

That is probably something that underlines the real reason why many of us chose to do something about our unhealthy, overweight and unfit state but the real key here is not doing what we’re doing just for others but start doing it for ourselves as well.

The real challenge here is just like we love our children unconditionally is to start loving ourselves unconditionally as well simply because the things that we love the most get the most care and attention from us.

So here’s the challenge ladies and gentlemen, next time you pass a mirror look at yourself right in the eyes and say with feeling “I LOVE YOU”. You might go silly, you might feel daft telling yourself that you love yourself but frankly unless you can start doing that you’re missing out on one of the most powerful forces that we have.

It is after all not for nothing that it’s written “Love overcomes all evil”.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is a copy of the comment I recently made on a forum post about weight loss