Gianna Jessen · @giannajessen
26th Aug 2012 from Twitlonger
i don't know why this has been on my mind so much. but it has and so i wanted to write about it. i want to address single, handicapped people for a moment. ( and respectfully, i am not including overweight people in this, because, being overweight is not the same thing as a brain injury, etc. and can be handled much differently)
but whoever you are, whether with partial paralysis, CP, speech or hearing issues, missing limbs, whatever the case may be, you want love. i know you do.
i have had to go through such a transformation on this. i was convinced i would never be loved or, have to take whatever i could get. because as we know, this is a shallow world. but i see too many disabled people quit there. listen, my life isn't changing because of my birth story, my life is changing because of choices that no one else can make for me. we can CHOOSE to have our disabilities define us, or not.
women: don't give up on yourselves, do your hair, laugh, exercise in a way that you are able, dress cute. see yourself as sexy. start by finding one thing that you think is stunning about yourself. don't tell life that you will never be loved. and when you quit on your appearance, that is what you are saying. of course i am not saying the outward is all that matters, but it does matter.
and men: don't get bitter, change your life, and your mind about this. workout however you are able. find ways to be daring, that is so attractive. you were born to be brave, no matter your limitations, don't let them become your dictator.
again, no matter what. do what YOU CAN. don't tell life that you are never going to be loved. tell life that you are worthy of the highest kind of Love.