TaviaMaeBradshaw

The other day my friend and I were at the gym.  We had just finished out workout and were having one of our all too usual conversations about which areas of our bodies we hated because we they were fat.  I’m not sure why we have this conversation… I’m sure it has something to do with sub-concious self esteem though.  Anyway about a minute after we’ve changed the subject, I hear an absolutely adorable little girl behind us say “Mommy, I’m fat.”  Her mom just about fell on the floor in shock and asked her who told her that.  She didn’t have an answer, so I guess she came up with it all by herself.  I wouldn’t be surprised if she said this because she over heard me and my friend talking, and I felt like a total ass.  What was supposed to be a private conversation about how low our self esteem was, may have just affected the self esteem of a girl no more than 6. Yes, that’s right I said 6! This girl was LITTLE! Everytime I think about it I feel sick to my stomache. I titled this article “I Blame the Media” and I do.  They say they don’t like super skinny girls but then they pick on people when they gain a little bit of weight.  I can’t blame this totally on the media though.  In high school, there is a group of people that I call the “Yea I Ams” (I don’t usually say that out loud, cause yea it sounds stupid.) But it’s the group of people that ‘force’ their ‘popularity’ on us.  Most of them are skinny or in amazing shape and at least act like they have huge self esteems.  People try to make themselve feel better by saying (in their heads) “she’s not better than me” and this ‘popular’ group walks around and on their faces is written “yea I am” (hense my nickname for them).  If this wasn’t bad enough most of the guys fall for it too.  They walk around like dogs on a leash with their tongues hanging out of their mouths.

Before I get too carried away, I guess what I’m trying to say is, even though it’s beyond over used, just ‘be yourself’. Because those people that walk around with “yea I am” written across their foreheads aren’t worth it.  At one time or another, you’ll find people who do love you for who you are and just being around them brings up yourself esteem. Don’t settle for people you have to work for, because those people will NEVER be true friends.