Saw it on Facebook & LOVED it.

A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way:

"Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great tenderness.
They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia.
They sing incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly loved animals, which everyone defend and admires.


Mermaids do not exist.


But if they existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: woman or fish?
They would have no sex life and could not bear children.
Yes, they would be lovely, but lonely and sad.
And, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side?


Without a doubt, I'd rather be a whale.


At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends.


We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.
We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated.
Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "

(The girl on the picture is French model Tara Lynn)

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Christoff Thinks:

Personally, I find women with curve breath-taking.  Why is it that skin and bones is so attractive and considered the norm?  Super-Models are not the norm, yet they are all quite thin.  What's up with that? Otherwise, wouldn't EVERYONE be a supermodel?

I consider the real girls in life the sexiest, as it's not about what they are hiding, but more what they are capable of.  Don't misunderstand, beautiful girls are beautiful girls, thin or curvy.  But there is something to be said for a natural frame.  If only I could feel this way about my own frame.

I love myself the best that I can, but sometimes I wish I loved myself just a bit more in the body department.

Regina Spektor said in a song "I've got a perfect body, but sometimes I forget. I've got a perfect body, because my eyelashes catch my sweat."

How true.  I can walk, run, dance, eat, sleep, drink, grow, shrink... my body works, and that makes it perfect. And so is yours.