Me and My Body

Recently, I have seen two images that allowed me to appreciate my body and even love my body.  First, the trailer for the upcoming documentary EMBRACE - EMBRACE - The Film and then THE DANISH GIRL - THE DANISH GIRL - The Film.   With the film EMBRACE opening in a month, the trailer by itself is so moving and immediately gives me sense of freedom.  The message is clear - love your body, now and forever.  Embrace Director Taryn Brumfitt's inspiration is from her own before and after picture that she posted on the internet - the response was unexpected and reached women all over the world.  Can't wait to see the documentary in its entirety.

Then, while watching THE DANISH GIRL, I had to rush to read more about the true story of Lili Elbe and Gerda Gottlieb.  I love these women.  We live in a time of Jill Soloway's TRANSPARENT which woke us all up to the real families who are trying to regain their true identities.  We all want to feel right in our skin.

Both Taryn and Lili allowed me to see the beauty in the body I am given.  I'm lucky.

In this body...

• I see, I hear, I speak, I touch and I feel.
• I love 
• I work
• I share
• I lead
• I learn
• I pray
• And so much more.

Full disclosure: I haven't felt like this in a long time.  While in #MeditationPlus this morning, I made a personal commitment to write this today while feeling like this.  The billion dollar business that tells me I'm not pretty enough, thin enough or whatever, will likely find its way into the crevice of insecurity and would have told me that I should not write this.  Today, they are wrong and I am right. 

I need more todays.