A Sunday Afternoon Thought I want to share

[Guest guest]

(This was in response to a post about the TV show about Hollywood

stars and dieting and vanity...it seemed very relevant to what is

going on here so please understand that I wanted to put this forward):

After reading this stuff, I got very disgusted. We, society, place

si much emphasis on looks, beauty which equates to beauty and

the " beautiful people " . I don't want to earn 23 million dollars or

have a hit series and have to be judged or rated by what I look like

and how I look on a minute to minute basis. Further, the eye of

judgement for people described is insane. I want to balance this out

by saying, there are plenty of real-life, plain Jane/Joe people that

also have such emphasis on what the look like and what they weigh or

their body fat that evrything is so out of proportion.

Whether here on BFL Winners or in Hollywood, if we lose the fact that

we are more than what are bodies look like or what our body fat

levels are...well, I find that so disturbing and we as a society

really have a lot to learn as to our purpose...to ourselves or others.

I just had to share this as I am so sick and tired of how we judge,

critique, and give importance to values that are physical and

superfacial. Even that a show like that was aired gives pause for

thought.

I won't go into the cultural dynamics of thin vs. fat, beautiful vs.

ugly...or all the other polarized dynamics that we find in our lives,

whether on the tv/movie screen or otherwise. I hope that whoever

reads this takes a moment to realize your worth as a person...not as

a number, percentage, or Challenge number.

Thank you for letting me share this.