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Pledge MAG

November 23, 2008
By sarah.s SILVER, Attleboro, Massachusetts
sarah.s SILVER, Attleboro, Massachusetts
8 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect; it means you're capable of looking beyond the imperfections." --Anonymous


From this point forward
I will not stand
to be unhappy
any longer.
I will not stand
to be broken down,
broken apart,
broken-hearted.
From this point forward
my success does not depend
on my waistline
and my strength does not depend
on my weakness.
My biggest fear is not
the nutrition label.
From this point forward
I will not worry those
who love me.
I will not look at those
with hip bones
and rib cages
and be jealous.
I will not be afraid
to eat the birthday cake
you made me.
I will not measure
every morsel as if
any more would make
it poison.
From this point forward
food is not my enemy
and Ana is not my friend.
Size zero is not beautiful
and 90 pounds is not ideal.
I am no longer
enslaved by my scale
and it is not an awful day
when I weigh enough
to donate blood.
From this point forward
the only things coming
out of my mouth will be
words.
I will no longer be called
Disgraceful,
Disgusting,
Distasteful.
From this point forward
I am
Inspired,
Indestructable,
Independent.



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whatev said...
on Jun. 28 2011 at 10:54 pm
whatev, Timbuk Tu, Other
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a truely amazing peice that girls around the world should read and take to heart!

on Jun. 28 2011 at 6:06 pm
msoccerm345 SILVER, Grimes, Iowa
7 articles 0 photos 68 comments

Favorite Quote:
You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

i love this poem. it is so inspirational! this day in age people (girls especially) are so pressured to be perfect and skinny. i love this poem

Avallon GOLD said...
on Jun. 28 2011 at 4:33 pm
Avallon GOLD, Portland, Oregon
10 articles 11 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
We fall down. We get up. We try to hold our head up when life pulls us apart. We fight and we bleed but all we ever need is something to hope for.

This is so inspiring and very true. It is very emotional and powerful and it really effected me

on Jun. 28 2011 at 3:30 pm
Ms.Understood, Laramie, Wyoming
0 articles 0 photos 82 comments
This poem is so strong with meaning...i can feel every word

on Jun. 28 2011 at 2:00 pm
Little-Irish-Girl SILVER, Muskego, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 60 comments
very inspirational. great job!!

on Jun. 28 2011 at 9:57 am
NoRulesJustWrite PLATINUM, Ada, Michigan
21 articles 5 photos 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
Stay happy, stay weird, and don't let anyone take away your smile.

This is a beautiful poem! So truthful and honest! I literally almost cried while reading it (: Great job! 

alex198 said...
on Jun. 28 2011 at 4:31 am
alex198, |, Other
0 articles 0 photos 113 comments
That was really inspiring. I can completely relate so I loved it :)

on Jun. 6 2011 at 10:31 pm
RanaHewezi1998 SILVER, Ames, Iowa
5 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I've ended up where I needed to be."
-Douglas Adams

That must've been hard to admit and i'm happy she got over her eating disorder :):):)

on Jun. 6 2011 at 9:09 pm
TheLemonadeCrusade SILVER, Huntersville, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the whole world, and all there ever will be to know and understand"

******strength

on Jun. 6 2011 at 9:08 pm
TheLemonadeCrusade SILVER, Huntersville, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the whole world, and all there ever will be to know and understand"

it has so much strenth in it! i <3 it so so much

 


SamiLou SILVER said...
on Jun. 6 2011 at 7:43 pm
SamiLou SILVER, Lee&#39s Summit, Missouri
6 articles 0 photos 51 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia"
-John Green (Looking For Alaska)

love this <3 it gave me chilss! so empowering! i hope you are doing better now :)

on Jun. 6 2011 at 3:31 pm
R5andParamore BRONZE, Manalapan, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 67 comments
This is very inspiring. I always feel like this, Thankyou for writing this, it has opened my eyes.

GBoland BRONZE said...
on Jun. 6 2011 at 2:43 pm
GBoland BRONZE, Chantilly, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Parting is such sweet sorrow." - Shakesphere

I love your poem! I can't tell you how many times I've felt the same way in your poem. It is so inspirational and brilliant! Keep writing!

Katiedog15 said...
on Jun. 6 2011 at 2:38 pm
Katiedog15, Jacksonville, Arkansas
0 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Totally love this poem. It's very inspiring!

on Jun. 6 2011 at 2:04 pm
A.PaigeTurner, San Antonio, Texas
0 articles 0 photos 125 comments

Favorite Quote:
You think that everybody hates you. You should really stop that.- A Good Friend

Brilliant!  That is just one of the words i can think of to call this poem.  Amazing, perfect, absolutely true.  Those work too.

hellspawn16 said...
on Jun. 6 2011 at 11:21 am
hellspawn16, New Port Richey, Florida
0 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you love something let it go, if it comes back it is destiny; If it doesn't it was never meant to be"

I love this poem it is truly inspirational and I think everyone should abide by this not try to inpress everyone else just yourself be who you are and dont worry about what anyone else thinks because noone can expect you to be anyone else but yourself. life is to short to be anyone else or try to act any certain way be yourself because everyone else is already taken.

on Jun. 4 2011 at 11:52 pm
LaLiberte BRONZE, Lake Oswego, Oregon
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
This is a truly beautiful poem. As someone who has tried to make this pledge to herself many times, I am incredibly inspired. Keep writing. :-)

reeree14 said...
on May. 31 2011 at 1:21 am
reeree14, 71251, Louisiana
0 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you"-Maya Angelou

This was very inspiring to me, and I'm glad that someone was able to bring up this issue and put it into beautiful words. You are a very good writer. Please keep it up:)

on May. 27 2011 at 11:23 am
JustAnotherOwl SILVER, Unknown, New York
6 articles 0 photos 378 comments

Favorite Quote:
"See, we don't really care who you are;
Everyone is capable of looking up and wishing on a star.
So catch it, so contagious, this day-dreamer's disease,
And hope can be your sword, slaying darkness with belief."

"Sanctuary"- Paradise Fears

This was beautiful. So inspiring. I can't even explain how much it means to me. I have friends who go through problems similar and I made a pledge to myself a long time ago to stay strong (:

on May. 25 2011 at 11:27 am
bluegirl440 DIAMOND, Park City, Utah
84 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everybody lies. -House

absolutely inspiring