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Sunday, February 3, 2013

It's all relative

One person's "fat" is another person's "skinny."

If you have fifty pounds or more to lose, you probably get a bit miffed when you hear a willowy woman say, "I'm too fat."

Yet everything is relative.  Her reality is not yours.  If she doesn't like her five extra pounds, she has just as much right to be dissatisfied with them as you do with your fifty.  You may think she looks fantastic.  But it's really not what you think that is important to her.  It's what she feels about herself. 

I used to look a bit disdainfully at thin women who complained about being "fat."   Now I can empathize with them. We all still have our secret rolls, pockets and folds of fat we'd like to shed before we cross the finish line.  Why drop out of the race when you can see the checkered flags just ahead of you?  Whether your goal is to reach a certain size, make a million dollars, or sell 10,000 books, stay the course and attain the goals you set for yourself.  Don't sell yourself short in any category.  Expect excellence from yourself, and know you have the power to achieve it.


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