You are a soul.

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."
-C.S. Lewis

I have this mentality that if I make sure that I take care of my body and "treat it as a temple" that was all that I needed. But what good is your body if you don't take care of your soul? I've forgotten that aspect of myself, it's always been that my body HAS a soul, but it's the complete opposite. It is what came first, and what will continue to live when the other dies. I've focused so hard on taking care of my something that is so easily damaged and short-lived. ANYWAYS, my point is, I've relied too much on taking care of my body, when my soul is in desperate need of repair.

I always knew I was insecure growing up, and I realize that it's all really unnecessary. How can you base your insecurities or securities on what others say about you? It's not Hollywood's hegemonic "perfect" look that should make you feel insecure, or someone calling you "beautiful" that should make you conceited. In this way, you have to keep yourself accountable. So if I do praise you, don't let it get to your head. Random rambling gets ugly. Sorry.

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