*"If you can't be pretty, be as pretty as you can be." Now, this might not sound very body positive, but it is the way I use it. I don't take it to mean, "Always put effort into your appearance;" I say it to myself to remind myself to be the best I can. Sometimes I say, "If you can't be happy, be as happy as you can be," when I'm having a blue day, and it reminds me that there are things in my life that I can count on even when my brain chemistry is clusterfucked. In terms of being pretty, like I said, it doesn't mean to me that I have to make myself pretty; somehow for me it means that there is always something beautiful about me and I should remember that. The quote is from the book Beauty Before Comfort, by Allison Glock. It's a biography of her grandmother and is a very sweet little read.
*"Do I dare to eat a peach?" This is from my favorite poem, The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot. It's my version of "carpe diem."
*"Keep your head up." This one explains itself.
22) Post an image that makes you think of body positivity.
23) Appreciate your naked self.
Well, this was easy. I love my body, and being naked is right up my alley. Cheers!
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