self conscious

"Over the years my body has not gotten firmer. Just the opposite in fact. BUt when i feel fattest and flabbiest and most repulsive, I try to remember that gravity speaks; also, that no one neds that plastic-body perfection from women of age and substance. Also that I do not live in my thighs or in my droopy butt. I live in joy and motion and cover-ups. I live in the nourishment of food and the sun and the warmth of the people who love me"

Anne Lamott "Traveling Mercies"

I love this book, she really speaks from the heart. I can identify with her failures and prayerfully with time I will be able to identify with her wisdom.

My confidence is in the Lord, not in my self-image.

Amen.