Fat and Happy Quote 2/13/2013

We deny our own beauty because others can’t or won’t recognise it. Instead of accepting ourselves as we are, we try to imitate what we see around us. We try to be what other people think of as ‘pretty’ and, little by little, our soul fades, our will weakens, and all the potential we had to make the world a more beautiful place withers away. We forget that the world is what we imagine it to be. We stop being the moonlight and become, instead, the pool of water reflecting it. Tomorrow, the water will evaporate in the sun. And all because, one day, someone said: ‘You are ugly.’ Or: ‘She is pretty.’ With those three simple words, they stole away all our self-confidence. And we become ugly and embittered.
—Manuscript found in Accra (via Paulo Coelho)



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Im not fat by any means, but I am happy...

This quote is awful. It makes fat women sound like weak minded lemmings who *want* to look "pretty" but decide not to? I really don't get it.

It should be about getting healthy. I've never read your quote series before, but this one just struck me as a rude generalization.

Quoting shes*almost*one!:" Im not fat by any means, but I am happy... This quote is awful. It makes fat women sound like weak minded ... [snip!] ... be about getting healthy. I've never read your quote series before, but this one just struck me as a rude generalization."

It is just one woman's perception of what trying to fit into a specific role and falling short feels like. People do get depressed and they do feel shallow and empty.... like they will never measure up. I don't think it is meant to be a blanket statement, just an individual's perspective