I'm currently reading a self-help book entitled, "Beautiful You: a Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance," by Rosie Molinary. Early in the book, she challenges you to take the following pledge, which she refers to as The Body Warrior Pledge, and since I know it's difficult to stay body positive and love yourself in the world we currently live in, I thought I'd share it with you:

"Because I understand that my love and respect for my body are metaphors of my love and respect for my self and soul, I pledge:

❤To stop berating my body and begin celebrating the vessel I have been given. I will remember the amazing things my body has given me: the ability to experience the world with a breadth of senses, the ability to perceive and express love, the ability to comfort and soothe, and the ability to fight, provide, and care for humanity.

❤To understand that my body is an opportunity, not a scapegoat.

❤To be the primary source of my confidence. I will not rely on others to define my worth.

❤To let envy dissipate and allow admiration to be a source of compassion by offering compliments to others.

❤To gently but firmly stand up for myself when someone says something harmful.

❤To change the inner monologue in my head to one that sees possibility not problems, potential not shortcomings, and blessings not imperfections.

❤To give my body the things that it needs to do its work well: plenty of water, ample movement, stretches, rest, and good nutrition, and to limit or eliminate the things that do not <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glow.android.nurture">nurture</a> my body.

❤To see exercise as a way to improve my internal health and strength instead of a way to fight or control my body.

❤To understand that my weight is not good or bad. It is just a number, and I am only good.

❤To love my body and myself today. I do not have to weigh ten pounds less, have longer hair, or have my degree in hand to have worth. I have worth just as I am, and I embrace that power.

❤To recognize my body's strengths.

❤To no longer put off the things that I wish to experience because I am waiting to do them in a different body.

❤To understand that a body, just like a personality, is like a fingerprint: a wonderful embodiment of my uniqueness."

Wanna take the pledge? Post a selfie and share with us which part of The Body Warrior Pledge will likely pose the most challenge to you, why, and how can you work on it. Then, give the person who commented before you a compliment!