wondered, was she making an excuse to be polite, or was she really putting off something she wanted to do, something she could do, for a silly reason?

Ive done lots of silly things in life. things that werent really sensible, things that involved risk, things that were expensive, but somehow I suspect that when I am about to die, if I get time to think it through, it will the things I haven‘t done I regret.

This is not about nightgowns. This is about life. How many things do we put off  ‘until we lose weight’ ‘until we get a bigger house’, ‘until we get a better job’. My mother has been waiting, as she puts it, for her ‘ship to come in’ for at least 30 years. I hate to tell her that I think it came in years ago, unloaded, picked up new cargo and set sail once again, only she didn’t notice.

If we assume that many of the people who tell us that us that we are fat and lazy, and undermine our self image are doing it for the best, and not merely to keep the diet industry earning, then they are still guilty. They are asking  us to put life on hold, to waste precious days.  Why should we? It’s not yet a crime to be fat. If people don’t find you pleasing to they eye, it is their loss. Every person should celebrate themselves every day. We have to fight those people who want us to be less than we are, because we have a great deal to give, and we don’t need to wait until we lose weight to do it.

Don’t put things off. If you really want to do something, make a plan, set a goal. Whether it’s buying a nightgown or climbing Everest, go for it.

If not now, when?

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