Just saw this in "Outsmarting the Midlife Fat Cell" by Debra Waterhouse . . . it's honesty hit me right square in my menopausal face but thought it poignant for all stages of life~so thought I'd share:
An Apology to My Body
by Marlena Gutierrez
For all the times I hated you, said you were "too fat,"
"too ugly," "too" anything.
For all the times I cried in frustration because you
didn't look the way I wanted you too.
For all the times I put you down in my own mind and
in front of others.
For all the times I allowed someone to criticize you
and judge you as "not good enough."
For all the times I thought you were awkward,
graceless, clumsy.
For all the times I tried to change you by dieting,
depriving you of true nourishment.
For all those times, forgive me.
Forgive me for not seeing you as the wondrous and
beautiful body you really are and always have been.
