WEIGHT OBSESSION

So my friends and I are about to hit the party scene and paint the town red, its Friday night! All dolled up, pretty dresses, high heels, we’re on our way to the club. We’re in Sally’s room, secretly checking each other out to see who’s prettier than who, and then one comments…I am sooo fat. There’s an awkward silence….girlfriend what are you talking about? You look beautiful, where is that fat that you’re going on about? Deep down you know your friend is a tad bit over the normal weight.  Or is that what we’re led to believe by the media? I mean, all we see in these magazines, television, billboards, everywhere, are beautiful men and women. Beautiful of course is: Face full of makeup, small and well-trained body, fancy clothes and cars.

It’s all pressure if you ask me. I mean, there are so many beautiful young people out there who are afraid to be who they truly are, because it’s not ‘acceptable’. What happened to accepting yourself as you are and just being happy with what you have. There are so many beautiful people out there with great personalities, a good education, loving families, a lot going for them, but we just want to ‘fit-in’, be liked, be perceived as cool, its quite sad. Someone once said: If you stand for something, you won’t fall for anything. I think that is really true and if everyone believed this, we’d have a happier society. Peace..