Rev Your Engines.

Love your body in 20 days!....Just kidding. There is no step by step guide to loving anything and there is no limit on how long it takes to love someone, including yourself. There are however, tips and ways to help you love your body. I have seen so many but I found a list by Dr. Margo Maine, Ph.D. that I especially love and want to share one each day. This list was compiled for the National Easting Disorders Association.

Tip 1: Think of your body as the vehicle of your dreams. Honor it. Respect it. Fuel it.

I don't think I have a dream car so I'm just going to put a picture of a zebra here instead. I'm sure it saves a lot more on gas anyway.
"Honor it." I understand this to mean that I should love my body/dream zebra. Treat it like a queen.

"Respect it." Don't call it bad names. Names like Disgusting, Horrible, Garbage, Ugly, etc., are bad. Names like Beautiful, Wonderful, Phenomenal, etc., are good. You don't have to go all out but i think it helps if to be happy about it. Love the skin you're in.
"Fuel it." This can be taken a lot of different ways. What I see it as, is enjoy life. It's okay to indulge when needed. I think it means not to starve yourself. I also see it as meaning that you should try to stay healthy. Don't forget that aside from being yummy, bringing families together, and preserving culture, food is a primary source of energy and it's good for your body.

Be strong and keep going♥

I love that I'm constantly learning. The newspaper, magazines, classes, friends, family. I love it. I love sharing and meeting people. I love the possibilities of new ideas and all the ways we can share them with the world. I love the powers of word and language. It's beautiful. Love is louder. Amazing!

A quote by Mohamed ElBaradei to the beautiful strong protesters, "You are the owners of this revolution. You are the future."

be strong because you're loved.
Keep going because you're beautiful.

peace. love. unity. respect.

The future depends on us. Our children and their children can be born into a world of love and happiness or they can be born into a world of hate and despair.



What has happened to the things we strive for? We're starting to stray away from the importance of education and self-esteem and overall happiness. We can get so much out of life if we appreciate our surroundings, people and things. We are loving creatures. We need love to survive. I that people forget about everything that love means. Love and belonging includes loving yourself(body, soul, and mind), accepting others for themselves, loving others, respecting yourself and others....it's a big deal and it's so lacking in this world right now. There is nothing more heartbreaking to me than the lack of love and respect in the world we live in.



It starts with us and it ends with us. What's holding us back? It's not fair to the future that we ignore the love and respect that is supposed to be uniting this world. Step out of the box and love one another and yourself so we can all be happy.

I love you, whoever you are.♥

I made it.

I cried. I was alone. I smiled. I fought. I climbed. I fell. I shed blood. I got up. I cried. I was happy. I was sad. I loved me. I hated me. I believed in the impossible. I took crap for nothing. I was bullied. I made it out. I was happy. I felt alone. I felt loved. I felt confused. I loved myself. I hated myself. I cried. I smiled. I cried. Does that make me weaker? Not at all. Pain may hurt but it's a sign that you're alive. I'm stronger because I'm ALIVE. ♥

Tunnel of Opression

What it is a series of skits. It was dark, deep, serious, heartbreaking, there were endless was to describe. It is meant to bring awareness to the what really happens. Events that take place in the world that hurt so many people. I really loved it because it showed me that people actually care. Even though it was so intense, I felt like I didn't have to feel so alone anymore because there are people who actually believe that this is an issue that needs to be addressed. I loved that it was serious because I've seen so many people turn issues like these into jokes and it's not funny at all.

• The first skit was about domestic violence.It was in a really small area. I felt like I was there and seeing it and a part of it. It was really life-like
• There was one where a girl's roommate's where making fun of her because of her weight. I easily related to that. It was so sad. They were saying things like "I only want to take her because guys will want to dance with me because I look better by comparison" and things like "she looks like a pregnant whale." It was crazy.
• There was an Autistic student being made fun of. It was so sad. In this particular skit, I was right behind him and I wanted to hug him.
  

It was wonderful. eye-opening. It just makes me want to take action. We can't judge people because we don't know what they're going through. Life is hard. We don't need to be hurt by others on top of it all. We NEED to be respectful!

Love is louder. This world is brutal enough as it is. The least we can do is make sure that love is all around and that we respect each other.

It hurts everyone.

It hurts the little girl that has to sit between her two angry parents on the long ride home.
It hurts the little girl when her dad takes out his anger on her.
It hurts when the parents and make a huge horrible public display of their "anger" in the middle of the gas station while the little girls cry because of how much it hurts.

It hurts everyone. Love is Louder. Hate and anger hurts too much. When the cycle end?