Our bodies

Just now I had a stick (You know the type. The women that don't have hips and their fat percentage doesn't go over 1.5%) tell me that I needed to focus more on being thin and fashionable. Okay, really? I am comfortable with me, and I wear what is comfortable. Why are we so obsessed with other people's bodies, that we have to make such comments?

I didn't know this chick, and I don't want to. Her misguided comment angered me more than it hurt me. This is my body. I don't wear revealing clothes, I don't wear clothes that are too small or too big. I wear clothes that fit my body type, and I feel good in.

So, I may not be the world's idea of pretty- I have hips, I have a little extra weight, I don't wear the most fashionable clothing, I don't wear a mask of make-up- but I am me. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not. I'm quite comfortable with myself, and I think that other people should be as well.

It has taken me awhile to get to this point, but looking back, that journey was one of my favourites. I still have moments of being insecure, but I honestly think that women are just made that way. I don't think that we should try to tear down others because of our own insecurity. I think all of us are beautiful, without make-up and when we're not trying to be someone else. Two quotes fill this well "Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else," and "Always be yourself. Somebody else is taken."

Am I old-fashioned for thinking that we should all accept each other for just being ourselves?