Who are you to not love yourself?

We all get into body shaming at some point in our lives.  I am no different.  But I had a light bulb moment the other day.  I am in the process of de-cluttering.   As I was going through my hope chest, I found a photo of me at 25, the prime of my physically active life and before the joy of childbirth.  Then I looked in the mirror and saw the reflection of an over 50 year old!  I heard my inner roommate commenting on the wrinkles, the sagging skin the graying hair.  Then I stopped her!  I recalled the thoughts of the 25 year old. It occurred to me that my roommate said similar shaming things to me then too.  Now I look back and think that the 25 year old looked pretty dammed good!  I wonder when I am 75 if I will look at photos of me at 53 and think I looked pretty dammed good! A lesson in loving yourself now!  The beauty is the essence of your inner being.  That doesn't change.