Saturday, December 8, 2007

4. Keep quiet about your thick knees

People are too preoccupied with their own insecurities to notice yours. If you keep your mouth shut about your bothersome physical or personal attributes, no one will even notice, much less care. Do you hate your lopsided boobs, crooked teeth, thick knees, thinning hair, age spots, goofy laugh, neck mole, cellulite? Keep quiet. Don't shine the spotlight there! No one cares about your imperfections anyway so there's no need to point them out.

I had a great friend in high school who lived this philosophy even as a teenager, which I find remarkable. She had an "exaggerated pear" shape, and she never complained. I never heard her whine or moan about her "problem area." Even if she wasn't totally comfortable with her body, she sure acted like she was which was wonderful thing to witness.

Hopefully by the time you reach your 30's, you no longer sweat the small details of physical imperfection. But if you do, SHHHHH, no one but you really cares.

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