This piece is from Elizabeth Patch’s More to Love website. Along with regular posts such as the one we are sharing today she has beautiful drawings that she calls: Positive art for the plus size majority. In this piece she makes a great point about monitoring how we talk about ourselves. I like the thigh and eye connection and am going to see if I can correct myself by saying ” I have beautiful eyes and thighs.”
No Apologies
I don’t apologize
for the color of my eyes.
I open them wide and see rainbows.I don’t apologize
for the curve of my thighs.
I kick up my heels and go dancing!
from More to Love,
© Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved
Think about your eyes.
Have you ever whined about your eyes
while shopping for a new outfit?
Been depressed because your eyes are bigger
than eyes in fashion magazines?
Avoided an intimate relationship because you didn’t want
someone looking at your naked eyes?
Probably not…
But what about those thighs of yours?
Let’s substitute “thighs” for “eyes” in the questions above:
Have you ever whined about your thighs while shopping for a new outfit?
Been depressed because your thighs are bigger than thighs in fashion magazines?
Avoided an intimate relationship because you didn’t want someone looking at your naked thighs?
Oh yeah…
Think about this:
Isn’t it a just a tiny bit ridiculous to apologize for any part of your body?
Let’s stop apologizing, and put those amazing thighs to use:
Go Dancing! (or whatever else our one-of-a-kind bodies can do!)
Is there something about yourself that you automatically apologize for?
Your body, your hair, your weight, your clothes?
Start to notice if it pops up in conversation.
See if you can change the way you talk about yourself.
And gently remind a girlfriend that she doesn’t have to apologize for herself either!
BTW: The phrase “You don’t have to apologize for your size” is the subtitle for a great book on size acceptance
by Marilyn Wann, “Fat!So?”
speaking of eyes: human eye colors We really do come in all shapes, sizes & colors!
