I'm not going to blame the media or the society in which I grew up in - I'm far too old to be playing the blame game - but for the longest time I believed that women who were larger than a size 2 weren't beautiful, including myself. Although I will probably always have issues with my body and my self image, I have to admit that these days I'm far much more accepting of people of all sizes, including myself. We're all built differently and no matter how many miles I run, or how many lunges I do, I will always be larger than the Victoria Secret models. So, like the women in Dove's Real Beauty campaign (as seen above), I'm starting to accept my body for what it is. Real beauty isn't about a dress size and the older I get, the more I love who I am and what I look like. A close friend once told me, our strength often comes from our biggest insecurities, and I'm finally starting to realize what it is that he meant.
30 Day Song Challenge - Day 18: A song you wish you heard on the radio
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. And although it probably does get some airtime on classical music radio stations, I've never had the pleasure of driving in my car and having it randomly come on. I'm certain that it would make my day if it did.
1 comment:
I'm glad you changed your opinion on that Kriz. It took me a while to realize that not everyone can be a size 0. It's just not everyone's body type. Healthy should be the goal and beauty is from within which is something that every size 0-type girl has. ;)
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