The past few weeks I've noticed a trend on this forum that represents a wider trend throughout society, and it upsets me.
There are beautiful, wonderful, caring, compassionate vegans on here who even by just existing are making a positive impact on the world, and too many of them hate themselves because of ridiculous unnatainable ideas of beauty or success created by a media desperate to cripple everyone's self esteem to force them to seek solace in spending money.
It upsets me that some lovely people on here choose to value themselves only by how they look in relation to a skinny unhealthy stereotype. Your body is an amazing thing, it deserves your care and respect. Don't starve it, don't stuff it, just feed it with healthy varied vegan foods, give it fresh air and exercise and revel in the fact you are alive. The rest will take care of itself, you will be the size you are meant to be. Focus on health not appearance or weight, focus on how lovely you are as a person. Your body will change and age as you grow older but you will alway be the wonderful person inside that body who people care about and treasure.
Do things that make you happy, have a bath, go for a walk, spend time with people you care about, work towards your goals of studying or learning a new skill..make these the things that make you happy not whether you ate under 500 calories today or exercised until you passed out, because ultimately chasing the 'perfect' body doesn't make you happy it makes you miserable, you either starve your body to punish it and damage it or stuff yourself with food that isn't good for you. And even if you did reach that 'perfect' size then what? Get even smaller? Why not aim for goals that you'll feel truly proud to reach, that help you grow as a person not shrink as a body...learn something new, enter a race, work for a charity...
I want this thread to inspire people to look inside themselves and see that there is a person in there that they love and care about. Maybe listing new goals, or things we like about ourselves would be helpful. There's too much pain and unhappiness in the world to not love ourselves, or at least begin to try to...
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