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    forty-five thoughts for my daughter

    By Francesca Lia Block

    i always believed if i had blond hair, pixie face, big breasts, everything would be all right…not realizing that culturally idolized beauty is not only foolproof but potentially dangerous

    if you believe in your own unconventional beauty when you are young, you will accomplish twice as much and suffer half so

    turn off lightbulbs and light a candle

    walk don’t drive

    plant a tree

    wear sunscreen

    dancing is an antidepressant

    kindness is the new status symbol

    every day please try to eat something green and something orange that grow out of the ground

    tell me how mad you are that your father and i parted i will always listen though i can’t ever take away the pain

    expectations are for what you yourself create they rarely work when applied to others

    turn off the television - tv is a depressant

    yoga is an antidepressant

    don’t feel guilty about wanting pretty things they would not be so  alluring if you weren’t supposed to want them…just don’t value them over compassion

    use your words even when you are a grown-up and people no longer think it is entirely acceptable when you say, that hurt my feelings

    if you can digest chocolate eat it sometimes

    same goes for ice cream
    (i don’t really need to tell you those things do i?)

    do your homework because it is part of the game but don’t spend too much time worrying about grades

    fall in love with someone kind who loves your body and your mind

    if you have a dream that won’t let you go, that tickles your solar plexus, heed it

    turn dark feelings into paintings or poetry or dancing

    music is a kind of food

    if you are sad, talk to a happy woman who loves you - it will always help

    move your body when you are sad or angry

    avoid the following:

    • genetically modified ingredients
    • parabens
    • sodium lauryl sulfate
    • mercury in certain fish
    • neurotic thoughts about food

    (is that a contradiction?)

    love your curls though they tangle, your pale skin though it can burn in the sun, your nose though it is broader than some, your sturdy legs and feet

    forget barbie - she does not possess imagination

    remember…you are a botticelli angel

    the planet we live on is perfection - love her like a goddess - love yourself as her daughter

    there is a planet full of different kinds of beauty - the idea that only one type of woman is beautiful is blasphemy

    of everything i brought to the world in these forty-five years
    you and your brother are by far the most astounding

    …because of this i will always love your father

    matter never vanishes, only changes - remember that when someone you love dies

    your round head on my breast when you were born is the memory i will keep with me when i leave this body

    when i am gone i will still be near you

    this is how i know: when you were born it was not a meeting
    but a reunion

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      forty-five thoughts
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      walk don’t drive plant a tree wear sunscreen dancing is an antidepressant kindness is the new status symbol every day...
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      And that’s why she’s my favorite writer.
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