No Apologies: thighs or eyes!

No Apologies
I don’t apologize
for the color of my eyes.
I open them wide and see rainbows.

I don’t apologize
for the curve of my thighs.
I kick up my heels and go dancing!
from More to Love, © Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved

What color eyes do you have?

Whether you’ve inherited green eyes with gold flecks or eyes as dark as bittersweet chocolate, whether generations of ancestors have passed along blue eyes or hazel, your eyes are powerful tools that you use everyday to experience the world.

Think about your eyes…

Have you ever whined about your eye color while shopping for a new outfit?
Been ashamed because your eyes don’t look like the ones you’ve seen in fashion magazines?
Avoided getting into a relationship because you didn’t want someone looking at your naked eyes?
Thought you were an abnormal freak because you don’t have perfect 20/20 vision?
Wasted time agonizing about how to change your eye color or shape?
Probably not.

But what about those thighs of yours?
Let’s just substitute “thighs” for “eyes” in the questions above…

Have you ever whined about your thighs while shopping for a new outfit?
Been ashamed because your thighs don’t look like the ones you’ve seen in fashion magazines?
Avoided getting into a relationship because you didn’t want someone looking at your naked thighs?
Thought you were an abnormal freak because you have cellulite on your thighs?
Wasted time agonizing about how to change your thigh size or shape?
Thought so.

So much misery about your own body…

Whether you’ve inherited long legs or short legs, whether generations of ancestors have passed along legs that are thin or legs that are curvy, your thighs are powerful tools that you use everyday to experience the world.

Isn’t it a just a tiny bit ridiculous to apologize for any part of your body?

Put those amazing thighs to use ladies: Go Dancing!


BTW: The phrase “You don’t have to apologize for your size” is the subtitle for a great book on size acceptance by Marilyn Wann, “Fat!So?” written in 1999 and still one of the best on this topic.

If eye color is your personal self-esteem issue, please don’t surgically change the color of your eyes!

And this is cool: human eye colors