Acceptance...and Not Just Self

People think that being anorexic and being overweight are EXACT opposites. They couldn't be more wrong. Those people have to fight the same demons; both inside and out. Self-hatred, torment, and hate from the world are just a few. We are so absorbed in trying to change other people that we never stop to look at ourselves. It's easier to find the faults in other people and sooo hard to find it in ourselves. Just like it's easier to put slippers on your feet than it is to put carpet on the world. Take the time to first, make yourself perfect and THEN work on other people. There is NO ONE in the world who has a BMI of 0%. If you want to look at it like that we're all fat. Just like that quote "Like birds of a feather, we fly and fall together." It couldn't be more true.

In our day in age we are the BEST in the world at judging, making people feel like they need to change themselves, and we couldn't be better at making people hate themselves. Isn't it funny? We have to work at making people happy but it's soo easy to make them sad.

For those of you who believe in the Bible and the Word of God, God's second commandment was to "love thy neighbor as thy friend" and in the Bible is says that the only person that is allowed to judge is Jesus Christ, and Heavenly Father. Why, then, are we so good at it? Why do we spend all day doing the exact thing he asked us not to? Because it's so easy. Why? Because we allow it to be. It's everywhere. When a man commits a murder and goes on trial the jury, judge, lawyers, the press, the public, the people sitting in on the court case, the people watching the TV and reading the newspapers. It's on our blood some people say.

The thing is, is that if we just stopped being prejudice life would be so much simpler, and so much happier. 

 We all make mistakes. They can't be erased but they can be learned from. Look at as a learning experience. BUT! Remember, the first time it's a mistake but after that it's a choice. So, don't make prejudice, hate, and sadness be a choice. Don't even make it a possibility. And if someone tells you can't Stand Up! and show them you can. Who you are is NOT defined by the words and labels people put on you. The meaning of life is in YOUR hands. Not theirs. Don't give them the satisfaction. Just remember, when you're on the ground and he thinks he's won, just as he's a coward he's going to kick. Stop him. Don't let life take you the way it goes, take life the way YOU go. You are important, and you deserve to be happy. Don't give into the lies the media shows you. Wanna know a secret? 90% of the pictures on the front of magazines, and people in TV shows are Photoshopped! You thought they were real? You thought they really looked like a six foot twelve year old? Ha! You can't be happy, and look like that. It's not possible. But! Don't worry. As long as you do what's right and is confident in who you are you'll be happy. And, as long as you 

NEVER GIVE UP you couldn't be happier. You'll see.

-Stand Up!