July 2, 2004

• You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with.  Some things are natural for people.  Some people are born with naturally high cheekbones, with metabolism rates off the charts, large bone structure, etc.  Those can all be good or bad depending on what one has been socialized to believe is the equivalent of beauty.

  
  

  So my socialism has led me to believe that tall, dark, and handsome is the way to go.  Well groomed hair, lighter colored eyes, sparkling, white, straight teeth, a good well shaped jaw, a muscular body, and wash-board abs.  Personality-wise, humor and confidence with a dash of sensitivity are very often highly regarded.

  
  

  Me, I am short, bald and stocky, with a need for some braces and more of a wash basin stomach.  I am none of the above except for maybe the lighter colored eyes that are usually hidden behind lenses, with a particular humor, a smidgen of confidence, and a little larger helping of sensitivity.  However, I am proud of myself for not getting down on myself although I don't necessarily fit the mold that I imagine to be attractive.  I have pride in the fact that I know I am a valuable person, and although I sometimes lose that perspective, like an electron hovering around the nucleus of an atom, I am able to get back to my ground energy level, where I am most stable.  1S².  15².  12⁵.  125.  XPO 125.

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