Rather than criticising ourselves, lets get encouraged by the truth that we serve a God in whose image and likeness we have been created and that His plans for us is that we should succeed in life. You may ask "what about those that died unfulfilled?" Well, as you know, the Scripture says, "Anyone who is among the living has hope- even a live dog is better off than dead lion!" As long as you are alive and are seeing this message, rise up to that hope you have in Jesus and make use of what you have been given.
Always remember that the circumstances that are weighing you down can be handled with the correct mindset and belief. You are full of talents and skills that no one else possess. I need to benefit from your gifts, this generation need to benefit and the next generation surely will be blessed by it. Mother Theresa and a lot other women are still remembered till tomorrow, why not you too?
Read with me and encourage yourself or some other women around you.
THE average woman criticises herself at least eight times a day, a study has found.
This worrying trend of negativity was revealed after a Weight Watchers survey of 2,000 women found that one in seven women admitted to criticising themselves regularly every day – with 46 per cent admitting that they had put themselves down at least once before 9.30am.
Topping the list of self-criticisms among those surveyed are weight loss issues, looks, career progression, money and relationships.
Deflecting compliments were other common self-put-downs.
Unsurprisingly, ‘selfie culture’ and social media platforms such as Instagram were blamed as being a driving force behind the visually driven criticisms.
Zoe Griffiths, Head of Public Health and Programme at Weight Watchers, who conducted the survey said: “Today's hectic and visually-driven world has meant that we're seeing a rise in women being self-critical, from the way they look to the way they feel at work.
“Our research has shown that being unkind to ourselves has been an underlying theme for women for many years, but a set of very modern cultural conditions have increased the intensity of this unkindness which are hard to avoid.
“At Weight Watchers we know that to adopt a healthy lifestyle it is important to build a better relationship with yourself in order to make a positive change."
Worryingly the survey also found that 42 per cent of women admitted to NEVER complimenting themselves either - while the remaining 58 per cent only gave themselves a positive thought or “pat on the back” once a day.
Perhaps even more troublingly, 60 per cent of women admitting to having days where they felt they criticised themselves constantly throughout the day.
The research was conducted as part of ‘WomanKind’, a nationwide campaign that looks into why modern women are so unkind to themselves and how they can counter the habit.
