For now I'm happy the way I am – short and plump. I would not go in for Botox or anything like that. I'm content with the way I look. What's wrong with looking like Susan Boyle? What's the matter with that?
Interpretation
The quote expresses self-acceptance and contentment with one's appearance.
Susan Boyle emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and challenges societal beauty standards by expressing her happiness with her natural appearance. She asserts that there is nothing wrong with looking like herself, highlighting the value of being content with who you are rather than conforming to external pressures for change.
In practice
Using this quote during a self-love workshop to inspire attendees.
My singing silenced the bullies, but better than that, it silenced the demons inside me. When you're jeered at, told to shut up, sit still, stop being silly, there's a cacophony of noise rolling around in your head. When I was singing, it was peaceful.
I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability.
To be truly happy in this world is a revolutionary act...It is a radical change of view that liberates us so that we know who we are most deeply and can acknowledge our enormous ability to love.
I think valuing what your body can do over how your body looks is the No. 1 advice I would give to young women about how to have healthy body image. It's not, 'Do these pants fit?' It's 'Can I do a split?'
Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.
Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy.
The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.
I grew, a happy, healthy child in a bright world of illustrated books, clean sand, orange trees, friendly dogs, sea vistas and smiling faces.
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