Today, being Independence
Day, I offer this list of things we can declare our independence from:
• Cultural pressure about looks. Happy,
healthy people are attractive, no matter what size or shape they happen to
have. Tell the fitness/beauty industrial
complex that we don’t need their negativity.
• Processed food. This may
require something akin to a war because that processed food stuff is sneaky. It infiltrates our guts and addicts us. But fresh, whole foods make us feel so much
better once we get through the process of weaning ourselves off the
sugar/fat/chemical stuff.
• Stress. All right, maybe that’s not entirely
possible. But we need to at least send a
beautifully written manifesto to the stress king to let him know we are not
going to keep serving him with no good return on our investment. We’re allowed to take time to run and play
and swim and read and sleep and breathe and love.
• Excess. We can let go of some of the stuff holding us
down. Maybe that’s those guilt-filled
boxes in the basement or that extra five pounds of cheat-day weight. Let’s lighten up a bit!
Go play! It’s a holiday!
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