I was emailed the below note at work today. I normally don't pay attention to email chains but thought this one was cute. As girls, self-confidence issues are never absent, skinny OR chunky! Hopefully one of these days we can show the next generation of girls that being healthy is more important than looking like a supermodel, that being genuine is more important than popularity, and that loving and reaching out to others is far more valuable than wealth. Here's to all my beautiful lady friends. Continue to be your amazingly real selves!
"Recently, in a large city a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said, "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?" A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.
To whom it may concern,
Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans.) They have an active sex life, get pregnant and have adorable baby whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins and stuffing themselves with shrimp. They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia, the Bearing Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia. Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.
Mermaids don't exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human?? They don't have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex? Just look at them...where is IT? Therefore, they don't have kids either. Not to mention, who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store?
The choice is perfectly clear to me: I want to be a whale. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that we have to be skinny people to be beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver, and a piece of chocolate with my friends. With time, we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy. Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, "Good grief, look how smart I am!"
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