Being Who We Are

I was just reading an article about a magazine that slimmed Kate Middleton's waist down in bridal picture to nearly nothing. She was perfect, well, better than perfect in the original picture. In the "slimmed" down version, she looks weird.



So leave well enough alone, picture editors!



The same thing happened to another famous person who looked great, and then photo editors had the brilliant idea to make the woman look even skinner. Uhm, she looked totally anorexic. Before that, she looked terrific.



In my books, a running theme is that we should be comfortable with who we are. Sure, we can improve ourselves, deal with issues that need to be dealt with, work on our health if we're not taking care of ourselves. But in the long run, it's not worth it to covet what anyone else has--beauty, wealth, fame, the perfect body, the perfect family...



If you shape-shift into a wolf during the full moon, love it. If you have wings and can't hide them in front of humans, flaunt them.



Sometimes fitting in means just being different. And that's what makes us so interesting. If everyone was exactly the same, the world would be a very boring place.



Sure, not everyone will love us. But we have to care about who and what we are, or no one else can either. :)



And that's my psychology 1o1 for werewolves and winged fae and humans for the day.



:)



Terry

"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."

www.terryspear.com