April 2013
77 posts
Redefining My Life: Hey. If you’re feeling hopeless and have lost heart, please know I’ve... →
redefiningmylife.com
Hey. If you’re feeling hopeless and have lost heart, please know I’ve been in the same place. I used to be 370 pounds, miserable and wounded and paralyzed from the pain of life, and I had decided life was over for me. Turns out, it wasn’t. Whatever battles you’re fighting against, know that you’re…
I am not a victim of my own life. I have a story, I have pain, I’ve been hurt, I have scars, but I get to decide my response to all those things. I choose life. I choose to love and care for my body. I choose to drink from every beautiful and hard moment of life. I choose to try. I choose to work hard. I choose to fight for it.
“When you surrender to grace, you weep more because you become more compassionate & you laugh more because you’re less preoccupied with you.”
—(via redefiningmylife)
“Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself.”
—Emma Thompson (via revolutioniswhen)
