More than what we see in the Mirror

We are so much more than

What we see in the mirror 🥰

Distorted body image works both ways:

You can be thin thinking that

you’re bigger than you are

You can be overweight thinking that

you’re smaller than you are…

At my lowest weight

I worried about what everyone thought

At my heaviest weight

I didn’t care what anyone thought

But neither made me happy

Just cut off from myself

& shut off from the world

I’ve spent too many years

A prisoner in my own body

Obsessing about

Calories & food

Or the number on the scale

In the grand scheme of things

It doesn’t matter what I weigh

I am still the same person inside

Just wanting to be seen & heard

So I am learning…

To heal my wounds (everyone has them);

let them flow through

& leave me in peace

To be myself (who am I? 😉)

& do what makes my heart sing ❤️