On the 9th day of Recapturing Beauty...

On the 9th day of Recapturing Beauty, our challenge was to be....

Body Kindness; take a nap or eat a yummy cookie...

Not really, but close.

Be kind to your body today.  Take a nap, go for a walk, enroll in a yoga class, get a massage, take a bubble bath, get a pedi or mani, or cook yourself a delicious meal.

Well..the meal is out, since I only cook desserts.

But I think I will count what I did yesterday as being nice to my body.  I bought myself a pair of running shoes.  On clearance but non-the-less, I bought myself shoes.  I think or I hope that having new gear will inspire me to exercise again.

I loved the quote for today...
"The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely."
I think I may have thought of that one...so I should credit myself.

I've been thinking that maybe one of the reasons why we are so hard on ourselves is because we are taught from an early age that we will never be perfect but that we are to strive for perfection every day.  Somehow that translates to....be perfect every day, rather then...be a better person everyday.  I don't know, just a thought.

Lola the Wire Fox Terror may need some extra lovin' today.

She shredded her prized baby yesterday.  What on earth possessed her to do that?  I don't know.  I think she was ticked because we left her home by herself for a few hours after spending the whole weekend with her.  But doesn't she look so proud?  "Look what I did!" But she'll be sorry she doesn't have her baby, since I threw it away.

And she probably deserves a new one.  Do you know that she loves me no matter what?  It's nice to have a creature around who doesn't care what I look like or if I'm neurotic.  She only cares about the basics...a clean bowl of water, her daily food and a walk now and then.  I wish I was as easy to please.

On the 9th day of Challenge...our duty is to be....
Cherished, kindly treated...as we learn to accept our body....