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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Spreading the Self-Love

There is a trail in my neighborhood that people use for walking and running. It's beautiful--especially in the fall. I have often seen people (mostly women) running there, so it seemed as good a place as any to post a body positive note.
On Thursday, I went for a little run myself, with a pre-written Post-It note in hand. It read:
You are beautiful just as you are. Love your body. I added webiteback.com's web address and my own.
I used a small tack to attach it to a tree that was prominently displayed. (It was a very small tack; I didn't hurt the tree at all.) I ran up to the other end of the trail and as I came to the end, a woman--a very, very, very thin woman--was passing me, heading in the direction of my strategically placed Post-It.

I ran home feeling good.

Arielle
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1 comment:

  1. alexiacortezDecember 21, 2009 at 5:37 PM

    The thing you did touched me deeply. I feel overwhelmed by the media and the people around me all the time, about being thin, even if I search something stupid in internet, there are all these little ads in which they say "loose fat this easy and that way blah blah blah" I think it is getting rude since all the world system is being forced to make people hate themselves.When I first heard the song "sunscreen" by Baz Luhrmann I cried a lot and decided not to buy any more magazines. I am not fat, but have very thick legs, and for years although I had a wonderful boyfriend I kept hating my body. Now I'm 30, and learnt what is really important in life: health & love.
    sorry if my english is bad, I made an illustration years ago called "happy potato". You can see it here:http://kumruacaroglu.daportfolio.com/gallery/121663#14
    and read the description here:http://alexiacortez.deviantart.com/art/happy-potato-19511337
    loves.

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