More Than a Number

vol. 2 | ch. 2

August 2022 | By Brittany Miletto

A number. One single number.

How powerful. How much weight it has carried in our minds. Numbers are all around us. We use them in our everyday jobs. We use them with money. We tell time with them. But, when did one single number become so derailing-

At a young age, you went to the doctor and they told you to step on the scale. You took your shoes off and stepped on without even thinking. The assistant documented the number they saw, and you moved on without notice. Without fear. Flash forward 10-15 years. That number the assistant documented no longer is just a number. It defines who you are. It is the life you have made for yourself. It is everything to you.

To live a life based around fear is an unfulfilling life. To go about your day succumbing to the false narrative you have created in your mind about yourself is so misleading. You are in charge of your happiness. You have the advantage to choose love instead of fear. Beauty and wellness is going beyond your fixated beliefs and looking inward. It’s realizing there’s so much more to life than the number when you step on the scale, the number on the back of your jeans, and the number you have fixated on in your mind of what makes you valuable.

I wish I could look my younger self in the eyes and tell her she was worthy of what life was going to give her. That she was capable of change. And that her body was going to be fulfilled just by walking through the depths of her struggles. I am here to tell you that your body is a product of the one who created it. It was meant to look exactly the way it did before you were led to believe different. You are exactly where you need to be and the only one telling you different is your subconscious mind fixated on old patterns. Today, live for right now. Live a life that is focused around meeting your higher self, looking them straight in the face and saying “I’ve waited my whole life for you.”

More Than a Number

By Brittany Miletto