My Body: Black, Bold and Beautiful

Good afternoon dear friends. It is always with good tidings that I write to showcase what I feel the world should be. Today, I will be writing about my body. I am dark skinned, average height and size. I love to take care of my body because no amount is too small to spend to have the kind of body that I have. First, having understood the danger of the perforation of the sun which has led to leakage of the ozone layer, I take pleasure in using moisturizer cream to help the outer part of my body survive the harshness of the atmospheric condition. About a decade or more ago, people who I thought had an inferiority complex started using whitening cream to bleach or whiten the outer layer of their body. The resultant effects are cancer of the skin and other skin related sicknesses.  [Cat6719](https://pixabay.com/photos/hand-black-skin-child-663726/) My diet is also monitored. You must have heard that the best foods are not the expensive ones. This is why I go for body nourishing food to help keep my body nourished. Recently, I started the early.morning lemon and hot water therapy because I noticed I was beginning to grow potbelly. In my part of the world, I when you begin to grow potbelly, it is an indication that you are eating well and that's an evidence of your body taking in the food in the right proportion and the right parts of the body.  [Hbieser](https://pixabay.com/photos/chestnut-buckeye-nut-chestnut-fruit-4460384/) I had started the early morning roadwork, exercise just to keep the body fit. It is not an easy task but it was worth it. While I was growing up as a young adult, I walked the part of alcohol intake and it was regular back then. Heineken was my favourite beer and I was a die hard fan and it helped my stomach to grow big. Despite the above, I have never had any reason to hate the way my body look. I have known before time that the way I look is genetically from the chromosomes of my parents so there is little or nothing I can do to change it. All I need to do is to maintain what nature has gifted me. ### Never Been Body Shamed I was traveling from Lagos to Owerri in a luxurious bus. It was a night journey, one I would never forget anytime soon. There in the bus, I sat close to an average woman. She was beautiful and good to look at but she her back side was to large that one seat could not take it all. As the journey progressed, one young Igbo guy made us laugh hard until we passed Ore before some people begin to call asleep. My seat partner began to doze off and her whole body began to fall on me. At first, I tried to tolerate her but as time went on, I got tired of her weight and moved her gently to the other side of the sit.  [Ryan McGuire](https://pixabay.com/photos/stretching-sports-woman-athlete-498256/) Later, nature caught up with me and I began to sleep. When the bus arrived Onitsha, being a noisy place, we I woke up and my seat partner whom I later knew as Omotunde said that I slept like a baby. At that moment, I felt so proud of my self. It was at that point I learnt the fact that one must take care of their body and as much as possible avoid obesity. In all, I would infere that we mind what we eat and apply to our skin. We should be proud of our stature and carry ourselves with pride, appreciating what natural gift we embody.