If I had my Life to Live over again

by Cari
(USA or South Africa)

How would you rather be?

I wrote this poem about the 20 wasted years I spent hating myself and trying to diet myself thinner.

If I had my life to live all over again....I’d spend less time…

♥ counting calories, and much more making each breath count.
♥ fretting about my fat, and more reveling in my fabulousness.
♥ die(t)ing and a lot more living, loving and laughing
♥ being sane and sensible and a instead be more silly and crazy
♥ spend less time thinking exercise is a chore – I’d play more instead

If I had my life to live all over again… I’d be less…

♥ imprisoned by the scale and captured more by the wonders of my Sacredness
♥ focussed on the size of my hips and tummy than on the size of my heart and spirit
♥ inclined to read glamor magazines than things that grow my thinking
♥ conned by pills, powders and miracle cures, instead I’d be more body-wise

If I had my lie to live all over again… I’d
♥ divorce my inner critic and marry 'kind encouragement'
♥ spend less time rushing and more time doing ‘nothing’
♥ do less to fill my day than to fill my soul’s yearnings

If I had my life to live all over again… I’d remember that…

♥ harsh self-criticism never heals – but only harms
♥ I am already perfect because of (not in spite of) all my imperfections
♥ I’m worthy of love (and self-love) no matter my body shape or size
♥ I am so much more than just a body – I’m an incredible Sacred Being

AND SO IS EVERY SINGLE OTHER BEING!