Soap Box Chronicles- Be Nice!

Rant in progress..... Let's get real for a moment. Our society sucks. Period. We are all guilty at one point or another, but we need to be better. Let me be clear, if you can't say anything nice.... Don't say anything at all.

I am a married woman, with five children, wearing a size 2, with a true hourglass figure, and a cup size that actually registers on the charts. I have done everything I am "supposed to do" with my life..... Yet it's still not right. You know what I have heard today?

I'm fat. I need to buy a TV (because I have 5 kids and need something to do other than make more kids). I need to fix my hair. I need to wear better clothes. I need to wear make up. I need to work harder. I'm hopeless. Translation: Your not good enough. Then, if we say something. Anything. You hurt my feelings. I don't think that's funny. Please don't say that. Whatever we might say. It is immediately taken as an attack. We are told that we don't need to be rude.

My response, I'm going to keep moving forward. I am going to keep my head up. I will fix my hair the way I like. Dress how I like. I will love myself even on days like today. I choose to not except the negativity that others are throwing at me. Ladies, love yourselves. You deserve it. There is no perfect except for what makes you happy.

We all need to be kind to others. We all need to work at building each other up instead of tearing each other down. Lord knows life is hard enough as is. Your 1 "joke" may be the 20th "joke" that person has heard that day. Your 1 comment may be the 500th comment that person has heard that week. It becomes pervasive. Everyone has an opinion, judgement, thought process. That's normal. We also have the ability to use our filters and realize that sometimes they don't need to be said.

OK, I will get off my soap box now 😂