Offered without comment.

[naamah_darling]

From an older interview with Clarissa Pinkola Estés, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves.

Estés added, "I think that it is all right if people want to control their weight, as long as they don't make themselves sick about it. But I also think that there is something to be said for not causing a woman to spend a huge amount of her entire life

Comments

[paul_zap]

Sounds right to me.
Its sad when someone harms them self to meet someone else's twisted ideal of what they should look like.

[peacockdress]

I like that a lot. I think that there are a lot of foolish tasks assigned to women for exactly this reason, most of them concerning appearance and over-pleasing other people.

[princess_kessie]

Thank you SO much for that.

I now have another book on my to-procure-and-devour list. I NEED to read this book. Thank you for telling me about this *hugs you over and over again*

[naamah_darling]

Definitely read it. It's amazing. One of the very few books I can say changed my life for the better.

[reedrover]

The process of being here is the most important

Thank you. This is an excellent thought to carry through my day today.

[sunfell]

I need to re-read that book.

Foolish tasks indeed- I swear- many of us are literally groomed from birth to accept such things as vital to our self-esteem.

Like grooming and appearance. And willing indentured servitude. And the whole bridezilla thing. And appeasing men.

I've spent most of my conscious life trying to avoid 'foolish tasks', and have paid dearly for my daring. But I am living my own life- even if it isn't exactly what I hoped I would have.