Ever feel like a victim of bad fortune? .
Ever catch yourself saying, “if only X, THEN, I’d be happy”?
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Honestly, the first thing that came to mind for me was the weather. I don’t control it. Heck, I don’t even check it! And it used to be that a grey, rainy day would make me think i was in a bad mood. I wasn’t even aware that I had a choice.
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But all of life is a choice. Sure, some things might happen or show up that we didn’t consciously choose. But how we interpret those moments and choose to respond to them IS up to us. We even have the power to undo years, decades even, of subconscious programming in our minds that might have caused us to react very quickly, without thinking.
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It’s a life-changing concept I’m encountering again and again as I move forward with my #NLP certification and most recently in The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck by @markmanson.
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So, what do you PERCEIVE as out of your control?
#transformationtuesday - because we need #bikiniphotos 👙 in October, right? 😝 .
Do we need justification at all? Sometimes I feel like these captions are a defense of posting these photos. As if there is something shameful or embarrassing or otherwise “wrong” about posting them. Am I vain? Am I “showing off?” Do I have the right to? Is there even a right or a wrong here? And, does it even matter?
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I am documenting. Scroll my feed and you’ll see lots more of these photos. Same 👙, same poses, same inability to make eye contact with the camera. It’s my own photo journal, shared with the world for myriad reasons, but always with the underlying intent to make your life better. .
Maybe it’s to share a workout or nutrition regimen. Maybe it’s to encourage you to consider progress in more ways than the number on the scales. Maybe it’s to explore concepts of self-acceptance and self-love, or to invite a closer look at our #selfieculture and what it’s doing to us and our interactions with others.
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I haven’t even decided if these are “before” or “after” photos. Technically, they’re both, as are any photos taken between your first and last breaths. Photos are a demarcation, a way to capture the effects of your cumulative life experience up until a point and before you experience the effects of what lies ahead.
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Bikini photos. More than just a photo. .
Have a fit day, -Lauren
