A while back,
at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful
woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a
whale?"
The story goes,
a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way:
"Dear
people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious
humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great
tenderness.
They entertain
like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to
fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of
Polynesia.
They sing
incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly
loved animals, which everyone defend and admires.
Mermaids do not
exist.
But if they
existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split
personality: woman or fish?
They would have
no sex life and could not bear children.
Yes, they would
be lovely, but lonely and sad.
And, who wants
a girl that smells like fish by his side?
Without a
doubt, I'd rather be a whale.
At a time when
the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with
my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my
friends.
We women, we gain
weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't
enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.
We are not fat,
we are greatly cultivated.
Every time I
see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "
(The girl on
the picture is French model Tara Lynn)
