Recapturing Beauty Day 1: Making peace with the mirror

Yesterday, a facebook friend of mine posted about how she was taking the BYU Recapturing Beauty Challenge. Always on the lookout to improve, I decided I would take part in this challenge also. The mission of this 10 day body image challenge is to stop women from being at war with their body. I find this to be a constant issue with females in today's society. It's important for us to love ourselves and take care of our wonderful and divinely made bodies. It's not too late to start and it's not BYU exclusive! Join me! https://recapturingbeauty.byu.edu/challenge/10DayChallenge2013.pdf

Today's challenge was to make peace with the mirror. The first step was to redecorate our dreaded mirror with inspirational quotes and messages to ourselves. I've done this before and I really enjoy the concept of looking to the mirror for inspiration and not to see what I need to "fix" in my appearance. For those non-morning people like me, looking in the mirror is a little nicer when there are encouraging or inspiring words to start our day. Who doesn't feel awesome when the sticky note on your mirror tells you that you're awesome?

The second step for the day consists of a mantra. The mantra for the day was ours to choose from our mirror. The one we choose should be a phrase we want most to believe in. I chose my favorite scripture of all time.

2 Corinthians 7:16

"I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things."

This scripture has been my favorite for a long time. I love the idea that not only does the Lord have confidence in me, but He's rejoicing about it. He's cheering me on! It's good to keep in mind that even when I don't believe in myself, or I feel like no one believes in me, God does. It's a good way to keep me from shutting my own dreams and lofty ambitions down.

Have I made peace with the mirror? I'm working on it. It's not a habit I can break in a day, but I hope to keep the idea of looking to the mirror for inspiration. It's one more step to help me love my body and life like crazy! :)

What are some inspirational quotes that you've come across? Comment with your favorite! I'll add them to the mirror if I like them... ;)