{i know, i know….it’s not even christmas yet…but i was hoping this post would help us focus on what’s most important all through christmas and beyond.}
I want my world to be bigger and more meaningful than my body and the numbers that go along with it.
More than that I want my happiness in life to have NOTHING to do with numbers ever.
I want to not care how much I weigh, how much you weigh, how much that cost, how much he makes, how big or little, how long or short…
I want to only see the joy.
The freedom.
In you.
In me.
*edited to add…
As I walked away from this post and let it settle within me, I was struck with something I couldn’t forget to add.
My heart didn’t feel complete with the simple, are you happy and that’s all that matters.
Because it’s so much more than US.
We are a nation centered around our own happiness.
What goes beyond numbers…
what goes beyond our inner happiness…
is this.
What will they say about you when you die?
That is the most wonderful and most positive way to say what I’ve been needing to hear. I hope you and your family have a very blessed and Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
Yeah sooo…pretty much obsessed, head-over-heels in love with this post. And you for writing it.
THANK YOU.
What a wonderful and positive post! I’ve been struggling all year with getting healthy and trying to loose weight but I just can’t seem to get motivated.
People around me say things that hurt me and I’ve never had a good self image, but I’m determined to try and make this work. After the holidays, its on – I just want to enjoy them and not worry about what I’m eating.
This is a great post. I haven’t owned a scale in my entire adult life. This made me realize that my mom never owned one either. I need to thank her for that.
Oh, and I hope you guys have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I’m so happy for you that you’ve come so far this year. You are an amazing person 🙂
This is wonderful and something I needed to hear. i have been freaking out over 1-2 pounds I put on. 1-2 pounds?! Ugh, I irritate even myself.
Thanks for sharing this.
What a great post! I love the idea of writing down what I would like to accomplish for the coming year. I’ve never done that but you have inspired me!
I’m so glad that you’ve grown so much – I too am on a path to self discovery and not weighing things by numbers, but by inner peace and substance in my life. Well said Summer and here’s to a wonderful New Year!
Excellent, excellent, excellent post.
Found you via the blogher tab on my blog. Thanks for encouraging me to let go of those pesky pesky numbers.
THANK YOU so much for this posting. I have stopped weighing myself, too. And I have given up the “bad feelings flogging” after I eat something gooey and wonderful. I am so much happer. And I am back in my size 10’s which, for me, is just a gift. And your blog is a gift, too. Thanks so much!