More Sex and Body Image

Hello All and Welcome India.  I'm happy to share my life with you.  I've always had a genuine fascination for your country.  One of my thesis readers is from India and whenever I think of India, I think of bright saturated colors.

So I think I dropped a bombshell on all of you Friday with my rather frank discussion on sex and body image.  If I offended anyone, I apologize but remember, my goal here is honesty and authenticity.  I'd like to continue on the subject a bit more.  How many of you do affirmations everyday?  I do (thank you to this blog's inspiration).  I tell myself that I'm a strong, sexy, confident woman.  Part of this new found confidence in myself is accepting my body for what it is.  It is strong and healthy.  I don't look like a model and truthfully, I don't want to.  I am proud of what it's become.  In almost five years it has gone from an unhealthy to healthy state.  Though, it breaks down every now and then but I recover and regain my physical and emotional strength.  Part of reasoning for doing affirmations is to give myself the emotional strength to apply for jobs. Let's face it being unemployed sucks and looking for work can feel a little like begging.  Regardless, it is important to love one's self for who you are, not some unrealistic ideal.  Who I am is a strong smart woman who is worthy of love.  I am beautiful, I have a nice figure, long and lean legs, full and firm breasts, toned arms and shoulders.  Too often women equate appearance with love and success.  We make statements such as "I will be worthy of good things if I'm a size two."  Certainly the media does not help matters.  In fact the message is a dichotomy.  On the one hand, the media promotes unrealistic and unhealthy images of women equating them with beauty. On the other hand, we have women athletes and full-figured actresses with their healthy strong bodies being held up a role models.  So which is it?  Obviously, there's no right answer to this question.  The right, if you will, is love your self.  When you love yourself, you are capable of giving love.