Make peace

 by Donna Ashworth

MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR BODY    

Make peace with your body today my friend,

for it has toiled many years just to keep you alive.

It has grown, weathered virus and disease,

healed countless wounds and fought many unseen battles,

to keep your soul intact for its journey through this life.

Yes it has changed but it has been changing since the day 

you were born.

And it will continue to change until the day you die.

Make peace with this.

Striving against this change, is like trying to blow away the

wind. Futile, pointless, misery-making.

Your body has served you well and done so with your daily

hate and disapproval.

It has suffered years of daily, hourly negativity, pulsing its

way from your brain to your cells...

Not good enough, not attractive enough, not perfect.

And every day you thought it wasn't perfect, it really, truly

was.

It was keeping you alive, supporting your rash decisions,

counteracting your foolish mistakes, doing everything in its

power to stay in the game.

For you.

Make peace with your body today, my friend, say your

apologies, right your wrongs and move on with

appreciation.

You are blessed.

Look around you, not everyone is so blessed.

Not every one is breathing, walking, thriving.

And whilst you are looking around, see that nobody is

perfect. The way a body looks, says nothing about its

strength, its longevity, its endurance.

This is not a rehearsal, this is your one shot at a life well-lived.

Make it count.