Look at What's Right

When we celebrate what's right, we find the energy to fix what's wrong" - Dewitt Jones

I want to share with you a conversation I was having with a young woman who has always struggled with her body weight. It has been her focus to "fix" this part of herself, but by her own definition, has repeatedly failed at it. Then one day, she makes a startling revelation. She had recently purchased her dream home and was thinking to herself just how special this home was to her; it was literally a home she had passed by many times growing up and fantasized about owning some day. It was finally hers to enjoy. She continued to see the picture of her home in her mind and despite all the repairs it needed, she just focused on its beauty. She was in love with it! Yes, she loved everything about this home in spite of its imperfections. In fact, the things that needed to be fixed were quite obvious, but it didn't take away her joy, pride, and satisfaction of owning this magnificent home. Then she had her aha moment: Just as she could love being in her new home despite its imperfections, and so too, she could love her body, herself, with flaws and all. Instead of looking at what was wrong, she decided to look at what was right. It was at this point, she decided it was time to change her relationship with her body.

I wish I could share some credit for that beautiful insight, but am happy to say it was all hers. She was ready to look and see her beauty in imperfection.

Now, fast forward, from that moment in time. This young woman continues to gain insight, to see connections between her unmet needs, its relationship with self-image, and confidence in making positive choices. All relevant material for which to examine, but what is most important, is that she stopped feeling bad about herself. She has found the courage to allow herself to celebrate not just her home, but herself.

Take time to acknowledge, accept, and most of all appreciate what's right, and good about YOU. When we look at what is right in ourselves, we are starting from a place of strength. It is from this place within that we can then discover hope, faith, determination and all that good stuff to make the changes we want in our lives.

Let us not forget that in healing the parts of us that need to heal, there are parts of us that are perfectly fine just as they are.

Learn and grow and remember to look at what's right along the way. You just might have the revelation that you are all right.

Happy reading!