Everyone should love their body the way this woman does...

Dec 19, 2009 14:28

The playwright Eve Ensler recounts a trip she took abroad where she asked a native woman if she liked her body. The woman answered, "Like my body? Like my body? I love my body! Look at my fingers, they are beautiful! Look at my hands! And my arms! They are so strong! And my legs! I can wrap my legs around a man and...!" And when Eve was asked if she liked her body, she couldn't really answer yes. The woman said, "Look at that tree there. And now look at this one. Do you think that tree is more beautiful than the other just because it isn't the same? I'm a tree, you're a tree! Be a tree!"
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