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.
Happiness doesn't always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.
Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.
What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.
You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
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