"...beautiful legs!"
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I was locking up my bike outside the pool before swimming, and did not hear correctly and/or was not certain if this compliment was addressed to me or not. No one else was in the surrounding area except for me. I look up. It was a young man and his 5 year old son coming inside the centre from the soccer field next door. He looked to be the latino-soccer-coach-dad-extraordinaire. Being involved in sports, i knew that he was sincere in his compliment.
I could feel myself blushing and then smiled and said, rather awkwardly, "Thank you!".
For the ENTIRE swim practise, that was ALL i could think about. Really.
Since forever, i hate my legs. Well some days i do. Since i was young, i did biathlon, and later in my life i started triathlons, all of which are endurance sports that use the big leg muscles. In short, i have big thighs and quads and an "athletic" bum. Oh, and genetics obviously played a part on my body type. Try getting pants and shorts. That is a real struggle. Often times i have to get a size or 2 bigger, just so that my legs can fit in the pants. I then bring them to my dear tailor Fracassi Romolo to hem the pants and do darts at the back. Ugh. Not a fun time in high school. Kids can be so mean.
Which then brings me to this.
You are more beautiful than you think DOVE commercial from artFido - fetching art on Vimeo.
So thank you latino-soccer-coach-dad-extraordinaire for making me realise that i have beautiful legs. For making me thankful of what i have, and that i should spend more time "loving" my powerful beautiful legs.
Now my turn tomorrow to pass on a beautiful compliment to an unsuspected stranger.
