Growing up as a big girl, I never knew what the so-called *luxury* of being thin was. I grew up lett

Growing up as a big girl, I never knew what the so-called *luxury* of being thin was. I grew up letting insecurities eat me away. I hated myself and was utterly terrified of my body, causing me to hide in baggy clothing. I had no idea who I was, or who I wanted to be. But I was convinced that being skinny would bring all of the answers. And yet, skinny never came. And then one day, I just stopped. I stopped fighting myself, mentally and physically about being big.  I stopped putting myself down.  I stopped looking in the mirror and being scared of what reflected back at me. Instead, I not only accepted myself, but I embraced me.  Skinny never came. But happiness did. Self-acceptance brings confidence, confidence brings happiness, and happiness brings beauty. It isn’t a privilege.  It is merely a choice.  And you have the ability and potential to choose it.  So if you need a helping hand, take mine.  Because I know what it’s like to feel trapped, and I know what it’s like to escape the darkness. Fat, skinny, gay, straight, black, white, purple, blue, whoever you are and whatever you look like, here in our world, you have a place, and you belong. Beauty is happiness.  Spread it. <3 -- source link

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