I saw something yesterday that made me
really happy. An old friend of mine on Facebook (you know the type: used to
live next door to her in University Halls, so we knew everything about each other
for a year, but since then communication is sadly limited to the occasional “like” on
a Facebook wall) posted something I rarely ever see from anyone: a positive
statement about her body.
How great is that? How often does a woman
ever think such positive things about herself, let alone make her thoughts so
public? I have to say, she looked gorgeous ten years ago when we lived
together, so I doubt she’s ever had a good reason for not liking her body, but how often does having a great (or, at
least, acceptable) figure stop us from whinging about how we look?
And even if we do think we look gorgeous,
it takes real guts to tell the rest of the world about it. I’m so proud of my
friend, not for getting fit and losing weight (although that’s great too) but for
reminding the rest of us that it’s OK to shout about the things we love about
ourselves, rather than moaning about everything we don’t like.
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