Welcome, Sisters!
Did you know that it's Beautiful Women Month? We have been having some great discussions lately about body image. Like how the media try to hold girls/women to a standard of "beauty" that is not even realistic for a human. Think Barbie. Think Bratz. Think fierce-looking models (human hangers). Think plastic surgery. Think magazine ads. Think retail displays. Think about people criticizing Oprah for her weight!! Her weight!! Please, people.
Even at Pine Lake, some Sisters have felt the judgement, have felt objectified (being treated/judged as if you're an object instead of a person) by guys (probably as a direct result of the media's omnipresent message about what's beautiful). One Sister shared how a guy made a comment about her chest size and it made her feel not good enough, EVEN THOUGH she knew it was ridiculous. These types of comments are so hurtful, so damaging. Another Sister shared how last year, when she was an 11 year old 6th grader, a boy told her she was fat. She started counting calories and starving herself. 11 years old. All because of what a boy said. Words hurt. After sharing this, another Sister pointed out that she is not fat and is, in fact, so beautiful! These are the kind of words we all need to hear. Reach out to your Sisters and give them this true, positive message about what real beauty is. We are all beautiful.
Here is a poem by Audrey Hepburn that she wrote when asked to share her 'beauty tips.' It was read at her funeral years later.
For attractive lips,
speak words of kindness...
For lovely eyes,
seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure,
share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair,
let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise,
walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone...
People, even more than things, have to be restored,
renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed;
never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand,
you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands;
one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.
7 comments:
That's something I think we all need to remember when judging other people--even if we know it's nonsence, it still hurts.
Did you know that if you log on to Utube, log out, log on again, and then log out a video on being thin pops up?
Try it!!!
APRIL FOOLS!!!
SOrry, that was lame, but I wanted to play an April Fools joke on my sisters :P
I love what Audrey Hepburn wrote about beauty.
As a young teen, she was a ballet dancer in Europe, but when WWII rations hit, thre was not enough food to her to have the stamina to dance. Instead, she used her energy to be an underground "runner"for the resistance against the Nazi forces in Europe. She risked her life to help end the persecution of Jewish people!
Later, after her movie star days, she worked for Unicef to help children all over the world and worked to improve conditions for animals through PETA.
That's BEAUTY!
I think I am hurt more about what guys say to me that what girls say to me. Is that true with you too?? Guys expect so much from girls.
Also, true beauty is what is inside of you. Of course it is harder to find it in other people, but you can't judge a person by their looks!!! Can we put a beautiful women month reminder in the student bulletin??
To add on to what anon 1 said:
I agree, that's something we have to remember. And one more thing: we should NEVER feel guilty for feeling bad about something. I know I'm beautiful, but, a couple days ago, someone accused me of being fat. I felt really bad, and then I felt ashamed of feeling bad, becuase I knew it was nonsense!
I just realized that we should never feel ashamed of feeling bad. It's natural.
Another thing: you should never feel ashamed of wanting to feel accepted, either. Everyone wants to. Saying that you don't care what anyone thinks is bragging and lying. Humans are social animals, and, we can say what we like, but rejection hurts. All of us want to feel liked and accepted, and that's ok. We need to GIVE OURSLEVES PERMISSION, sistahs!
If you see lots of music videos on youtube, they only comment about how the singers look, not how they sing. It's time to be rewarded for want really matters, talent. Also, in movie premires, its always about what the people are wearing, not about the movie or how they feel about it.
No one has any right to ridicule opraph. unless you have more money or have done more for this earth then her, THEN LET HER BE!! you hater
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