I decided to use my lips for today's shape of you challenge. This is actually a repost. Probably not identical to original... As the original was deleted.
The lips are powerful. I have found that my lips often get me into trouble lately. As a teenager, into early adulthood (early 20's), I couldn't seem to keep my mouth closed. Everything and anything came out with not much a filter, lol. Well.. When I hit mid 20's, I begun to learn to keep my lips closed.. Which started out as a good thing. I started using a filter. And sometimes, this is good. But it got to a point where I never expressed myself anymore. I felt I couldn't and I was focusing on everyone and everything around me, but me. Over the last couple of years, and even more so.. The last few months, I have gotten my backbone back. I feel more open and feel I can express myself more. At times, like when I was very young, this can get me in trouble. It is time I focus on finding a balance.
I never really realized what my lips looked like until I took this picture, never focused much on them, except to put on make - up, of course. Looking at the picture suprises me, in a good way. Just another positive thing I can now say about my body. And for a very long time, I was unable to say anything positive about it.