Perfection is a Fallacy

As a middle school teacher, as a fitness coach, and as a human being, I would like to take the time to
interrupt your regularly scheduled programming (aka: scrolling your newsfeed) and let you know...

Perfection is a FALLACY.

You will never be perfect. I will never be perfect. But do you want to know what we can do? We can stop trying to be perfect. I see you over there posting photos of "plus size" models and starting a debate on how this is wrong. I hear you, at the party, talking about your diet as you shovel cupcakes into your mouth. I see you in the dressing room, frowning at yourself in the mirror.

And I want to tell you to STOP.
I want to ask you to STOP.

Stop putting yourself down. Stop taking time away from enjoyable things like shopping or cupcakes to complain about how you are not yet your idea of perfect.

Stop.
Smile.
Enjoy the beautiful world around you.

My pastor used to say, again and again, how we are made up of SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN parts. Our bodies are a masterpiece. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and it's time that we take notice of that. Stop poking and prodding and pulling on your love handles. Stop looking in the mirror and wishing that you saw something different.

Of COURSE I approve of eating healthy and working out and working to be the happiest version of yourself, but something that I do not condone and will not tolerate is negative self talk.

I am nowhere near perfect, nor am I working on becoming perfect. I am choosing to take care of my body because I am able to and because I know that I am important, that I have a purpose. I've found my purpose in fitness and nutrition {MUCH to my surprise} and I want to live the part.

So please, go and look at yourself in the mirror and find something to celebrate. You are a miracle. You are beautiful...you are already perfect.

and it is TIME that you started to believe that.
You deserve it. 

Love and Light,
Leah