A Dozen Contemplations

Today is Evaluate Your Life Day.

Does that mean on a scale of one to ten?

Perhaps you'll reflect on your accomplishments. Consider your glory days. Maye it's time to dust off those trophies and iron your place ribbons. Peruse those Certificates of Achievement, those diplomas.
Dig out the photos of you accepting your kudos at the awards banquet... Maybe they mean, you should consider how far you've traveled from you early days.
Compared to your childhood, are you better or worse off?

Or maybe you've impacted people's lives in a positive way.

How far have you come?
Did you get where you were going? Most of the time?

Were there things you left until later?

Left undone?

Left to chance?

Have you enjoyed the journey?

Do you still have goals?

What is your ultimate destiny?

Have you accomplished the one thing would ice your cake?

Displaced Ideal

A very very dear friend of mine has come into this recent Beauty Awareness conversation. She suffered for years from an eating disorder and is in recovery. She thanked me for sharing "this is who I am"* and my notes from a conversation with the author. These are the questions I gleaned from the book.

My personal answers will be posted on

the Radical Write next week.

(no photo of me, God save your eyes.)

My feamle cousin and I also are dialoging about this very topic. I think

every woman I know would benefit even from a brief look through this *book. Please find it at B&N under women's studies.

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How long has it taken you to arrive at acceptance/love of your body?
How do you feel the media have affected the way

women feel about their bodies?
What frustrates you or what would you like to change?
Has your body let you down or have you let your body down?
How have you supported your body?
What do you love about your body?

Losing My Religion?

They say the religious wars are being fought on the book shelves. Check this article to see who's winning.

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