don't be too fat or too skinny,
don't be too short or too tall,
don't be too loud or too quiet,
don't be too strong or too weak,
don't stand out too much,
but be yourself.
don't be too short or too tall,
don't be too loud or too quiet,
don't be too strong or too weak,
don't stand out too much,
but be yourself.
No wonder we are all confused. I heard a similar version of this on a TV show and it got me to thinking about how we see ourselves and how the world sees us too. It is hard to just be happy with who you are and love your uniqueness no matter what everyone else is telling you. I know I have a hard time with it. I am different now than I used to be (and by that I mean 20ish pounds different) but I am tired of feeling like that makes me less than what I used to be. So here it goes....
when Mike and I got married,
I weighed 113 pounds.
today,
I weigh 150.
I am not ashamed of who I am.
where will I be in 6 months?
I don't know.
BUT NEITHER DO YOU!!
I refuse to be ashamed.
I weighed 113 pounds.
today,
I weigh 150.
I am not ashamed of who I am.
where will I be in 6 months?
I don't know.
BUT NEITHER DO YOU!!
I refuse to be ashamed.
So...please, back off!! Like me for who I am or don't but don't think that that gives you the right to try to make me feel bad about who I am because I won't. Not anymore. I refuse. I am Tenille Sharp Sealy...not perfect but not trying to be either. I am proud of the things that I have in my life and who I am and I will keep trying to be the best I can but I will not let anyone diminish who I am inside just because my outsides are bigger than they want them to be! I have needed to get this out since...well, for a long time. I don't want my sisters, nieces, cousins, or friends to grow up being made to feel that they should be ashamed of who they are. It is a terrible cycle and it is wrong. I will put down the ice cream when I am good and ready and I will join a gym when I am good and ready too and I will diet when...well probably never! I know what I need to do to lose weight...it is not really a news flash to me...and I will do it. WHEN I AM READY!!
sorry for the ranting...it has been a long time coming and I wanted to get it out...mostly for me, directed at the world in general, but also for a young girl who is so beautiful and sweet and is being beaten down by the world and told that she is too fat and not good enough and she is only 11!! I hope you know that what they think can't define you unless you let it.
sorry for the ranting...it has been a long time coming and I wanted to get it out...mostly for me, directed at the world in general, but also for a young girl who is so beautiful and sweet and is being beaten down by the world and told that she is too fat and not good enough and she is only 11!! I hope you know that what they think can't define you unless you let it.
3 comments:
Thanks Tenille! Your post makes me want to change my attitude; what kind of example are we giving these impressionable girls?
I love that our Husbands love us no matter what (grumpy, frumpy, tired, angry, fat, short); and that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love us for what's inside.
Our bodies are wonderful...but not perfect.
You go girl! You are amazing!
It just makes me feel so sad that she is already allowing herself to be defined but what the world says is a perfect woman. I struggle with it but I have trying hard to fight back!
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