Diary of a Fat Girl

thank you lisa~ i feel so honored to be on your link list. and i can't believe you quoted me! no one has ever quoted me before :)

i can relate to your experience. i think for me it goes back to childhood. i think in our household you had to be sick to be noticed. and low self-esteem was also the norm. "who do you think you are?" was a favorite phrase of my inner critic. martyrdom came easily.

a friend of mine once said, some people take up so much space that everyone notices when they walk into the room. they demand attention. they don't listen to others. they think only of themselves. interrupting others, etc.

then the other extreme are those of us who try to blend into the emotional woodwork. i hope i'm not bugging you. don't pay attention to me. i don't want to burden anyone. i'll clean up the mess. i'll eat the piece that dropped on the floor. etc.

so the key i think is to grow past harmful humility. self-deprecation. denial of feelings. keeping everything bottled up. and find a way to reach out and be yourelf. take up space. :)

thank you again lisa. i wish you well today~

Hey - there are worse role models to aspire to than Indiana Jones ;-)!
[hope the knee is feeling better]