wow... we must totally have the same track minds. Just yesterday I was thinking the same things, but you came in and picked me up. ...MY TURN!
Ok, so in english class we're reading about Henry David Thoreau... And in one of his essays, I found something that made me think...
He said, "Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed...? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is ecause he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measure or far away. ...However mean your life is, meet it and live it. Do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are.
The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise. Live your life, poor as it may be. " -Henry David Thoreau, "The Conclusion"
I think that he had something going there. He was all for nonconformity, wanting people to realize that it didn't matter what other people think, only what we think and do ourselves, living for ourselves, rather than for the others around us.
Jen, I KNOW it's hard for you, "knowing that you're chubby", but look at you. You're pictures were gorgeous. I only wish I was as far as you. Try not to always find the bad. People say you look thinner because you do. Pity is not a part of it. Pity is for the people not like us who have decieded that they don't care about their health and happiness, and let their weight problems spiral out of control. I know you can do this.
Keep you chin up high, and go out there and be proud of the progress you've made so far! I know you can... I know you WILL. *hugs*
p.s. I went kinda overboard on the Thoreau thing, probably just because I was super excited about actually understanding it today. I had to read this thing about 8 times before it finally started to click.
