Thursday, January 10, 2008

Have You Asked Yourself Why Do You Need To Change?

It's interesting that some of us have to change themselves to be normal. We have to put abnormal energy into something that's taken for granted by most of the population. I remember being in high-school and having a rather big classmate. At one point of school I was best friends with him. We were cheating at exams one from another and cutting the boring classes. Mind you that both of us were top students.

One day he made the decision to change his body. His looks kept him having low self-esteem and he knew it. Kids have been making fun out of him for years and every time he heard someone laugh at him it hurt. Every time. His dedication was intense, and his decision was final. In less then a year he literally became a different person. He lost over 80 pounds and was finally happy with himself.

So one day we were talking at a coffee and one of the former classmates told him "Josh, you look amazing now.. I am still unable to realize that you are a different person. I mean... You were really fat. You were like a balloon. Like a fat balloon!" At this point I looked at Josh and even though he was smiling I saw a sad look in his eyes. He finally understood that most of his friends didn't see him as "Josh" but as a fat friend.

Later in that day I spoke with him and he told me how much it hurts him knowing how all of those people saw him. He said "Even though that I look awesome now, and even thought that I'm 100% happy about how my body looks, it still hurts to hear them speak like that." At the end we all want to fit in. We want to be normal. And we want to be able to accept ourselves. But it's hard to accept yourself fully if you don't like the way you look.

Your body is like your clothes. You might say that you don't care, but deep down we all want to look good, to feel being attractive. One way of achieving your goal that never ever fails is to join a fitness and be consistent about going there.

And the one changing you will be YOU.

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