Once in a while I'll come across a Realtor sign dangling under "for sale" that says, "gorgeous inside." It always makes me laugh and want to say, "Me too!"
I'm just going to be honest with myself, I am just not drop down gorgeous on the outside. My company always asks me to do voice recording but never modeling. They never say it but I know, I'd never make it as an actress. Or a Country singer. I'm not in the least bit photogenic. I'm not the world's version of the perfect weight. (Raphael's paintings reflect the ideals of a different era where his "ideal" women are fleshy and curvy. What happened to that "perfect 10" ???) But....if they could only see the inside!! I think a lot of women feel the same way. Overlook the sagging porch, the peeling paint on the fascia and awnings, the droopy flowers and unkempt lawn.....just look inside where we shine! I truly am gorgeous inside. :)
I love the movie "Shallow Hal" about a man who is "hypnotized" into seeing people as they are on the inside instead of outside. There's the really ugly, bony, anemic nurse who is really beautiful but he doesn't see that, the handsome Hawaiian whose really obese, and of course, the "love interest", the beautiful, kind and loving woman he sees and falls in love with who is actually very overweight. I found out the actress....(the name slips me) put on a "fat suit" for the part and actually walk around in public to get used to it. In real life this woman always has men gawking at her but "fat"- even though she's the same person inside - no one looked twice!
I'm lucky enough to have a husband and family and friends who love me just the way I am. And of course, I'm always trying to improve my looks....I just wish I could wear a sign around my neck that says, "Gorgeous Inside." Do you think then that I could make it in Hollywood? :)
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The actress was Gwenyth Paltrow, she did an interview while filming Shallow Hal about the reactions she received while wearing the "Fat Suit". A lot of people were offended that she did that, but I was happy that she got to truly see how people treat each other based on looks alone.
Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale
by Jane Yolen
I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Cinder Elephant,
Sleeping Tubby,
Snow Weight,
where the princess is not
anorexic, wasp-waisted,
flinging herself down the stairs.
I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Hansel and Great,
Repoundsel,
Bounty and the Beast,
where the beauty
has a pillowed breast,
and fingers plump as sausage.
I am thinking of a fairy tale
that is not yet written,
for a teller not yet born,
for a listener not yet conceived,
for a world not yet won,
where everything round is good:
the sun, wheels, cookies, and the princess.
Josie, You are gorgeous inside and out and don't you forget it!!!
I like you just the way you are! I think most people feel that way about you. Josie if you are healthy you are good! You are active, fun, smart, pretty, incredibly kind to others! What more do you want? Heaven help me if I have to associate with one more "pretty person" who has nothing to offer other then their looks. Stay the way you are! We all love you for it! Plus people like you set a good example for my Morgan, she will never fit the mold of todays society, but she is so wonderful the way she is!
A good friend gave me a sign that reads "a true friend overlooks the broken gate to admire the flowers in your garden". I think of you as a true friend, I hope you feel the same!
Josie, Josie, Josie!!
I don't know who Trisha is, but I have to say DITTO! You are perfect just the way you are!
But every now and then, we decide for ourselves (not because anyone else wants it) to change something about ourselves that we might not be comfortable with. Go for it!
You CAN choose to have your hot chocolate in moderation, which is waht it sounds like you have done.
See you Soon!!
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