WORDS HURT!!!!!

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me...

YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!!!

Regardless of what we would like to admit, words hurt. We have all felt the sting of an unkind comment. Nobody is safe because the cold truth is everybody is hated by someone, no matter what. No matter how hard you try, how nice you seem.

The most common thing is size or physical appearance. Why do we do this? Why do we think one person is less beautiful than another? True beauty isn't seen on the outside, it's seen with the spirit that lives within. Why should someones skin, size, hair, clothes, anything matter? If they are a good person, they are beautiful.

It's a common misconception that thin people are excluded from these hurtful comments about size. Here are a few things people have said to me, personally..

Too skinny is a bad thing..
Unhealthy..
Gross..
Do you have an eating disorder..
You need to eat more..
Real women have a lot of curves..
You have no body..
Only dogs like bones..

Some of those aren't too bad, but some of them really hurt. Making fun of someone for something like that is so trivial and useless, so why do it?

STOP THE INSULTS!

Do not let your adorning be external-the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear-but let the adorning be the hidden person of the heart with imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. 1 Peter 3:3-4

XO,
GL