Maintaining a good
friendly attitude and a sense of humor is essential for a
large person to be successful in a thin
world.
Living Large in a Thin
World
Good Attitude
Are you a
large person? I'm not talking to the person who wants to lose
five or ten pounds of vanity fat to squeeze into some tight
fitting swimsuit. I'm talking to the person who goes for a
checkup and spies the doctor writing "Morbidly Obese," (I hate
those words), on his chart. Now that's a large person. Join
the club. You're in good company.
I'm going
to let you in on a little secret. It's no shame to be large.
I'm going to let you in on another secret. Large people
can be just as successful as anyone else.
I took a
poll the other day as I sat outside a large department store.
I noticed that sixty-eight percent of the people exiting the
store were in the large category. (This is not a scientific
poll, but it was one I believe can be repeated
nationwide.)
What's my
point? It is simply that large people have been taught by
society that we are less desirable and less likely to succeed.
The advertising we see, the comments we hear, all lead us to
believe we are sub-normal in some way. That simply is not
true. But...there are things that a large person can do to
enhance his image: attitude, dress, and health.
* Good
Attitude.
Every
rude remark that someone makes is not a reflection on you or
your personality. It simply shows that there are rude
people in the world. Learn to have a sense of humor. If
we can laugh at ourselves we will find there are fewer people
laughing at us.
When I
was in high school I was standing in the hallway talking to
some friends when a girl walked to me and said, "Gee...you're
fat."
I merely
replied, "Thank you. I might never have known had you not told
me. Thanks for sharing."
My
classmates laughed with me. Even the girl was
amused.
Another
time I was told, "You're too fat."
I
replied, "Too fat? Do you know how many calories I have to eat
every day just to keep this beautiful figure?"
I
received laughs, but they were with me, not at me.
Or I
might have said, "That's strange, I only weigh fifty pounds on
the moon."
Over the
years I've learned that a sense of humor alleviates many
potentially damaging situations.
Another
incident illustrates my point. While I was visiting with a
friend, she looked at a man walking past us and said, "I can't
stand that fat guy."
I looked
at her and said, "What do you mean fat? He's half my
size."
"Oh, I
don't think of you as fat," she replied.
The point
is that my sense of humor helped her see me as a regular
person. It allowed me to get close enough to share ideas and
my personality. A sense of humor is essential for large
people.
When I
notice people staring at me or gossiping about me. I simply
smile and wave. Usually, they will smile back or look away.
Either way it's not my problem.
A good
sense of humor lets people see the real you. Don't let other
people's rudeness turn you into a sour or combative person.
The idea is to make friends and good contacts. That can't be
done by being nasty and sarcastic, (even if somebody else
started it).
Be a
person with an upbeat positive attitude and many problems,
(not all, there are still rude people in the world), will
simply vanish.
Copyright
2008 J-me
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