Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.
Interpretation
Embrace your body as it is, recognizing its natural beauty without judgment.
In this quote, Warsan Shire emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and appreciating one's body in its natural state. By acknowledging that our bodies are not products of human design but creations of nature, the quote encourages a mindset free from societal pressures and unrealistic standards, reminding us that perceived flaws are merely illusions.
In practice
During a self-love workshop, I shared this quote to inspire participants to embrace their bodies.
I’m not sad, but the boys who are looking for sad girls always find me. I’m not a girl anymore and I’m not sad anymore. You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say ‘Wow, isn't he so terribly brave to love a girl who is so obviously sad?’ You think I’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I’ll swallow you whole.
We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there.
Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you're wearing, who you're around, what you're doing. Recreate and repeat.
Every mouth you’ve ever kissed was just practice. All the bodies you’ve ever undressed and ploughed in to were preparing you for me. I don’t mind tasting them in the memory of your mouth. _x000D_ Was it a long journey? Did it take you long to find me? _x000D_ You’re here now, welcome home.
You can't make homes out of human beings.
Make love like you have no secrets like you've never been left never been hurt like the world don't owe you a single wretched thing.
Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony.
How good is life, the mere living!
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.
Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my _x000D_ mind, when I was greatly agitated over something. Music has helped me to overcome anger.
It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.
You don’t need a reason to be happy...your desire to be so is sufficient.
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