No Half Measures

Life is full of choices and compromises. It is, however, very important to accept that you can't walk alone always. There are moments when you need to hold hands with the people you love and who love you. The rest of the time is yours to live fully. The definition of a full life? There are as many as there are stars in the sky!

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Life had a dream for us

but has she her promise kept?

Her path strewn with thorns

and she has failed us so.

I’d rather die than live a life

of efforts of half measure,

But is it for us to pick and choose

a life of lucid dreams?

Another life, another time

that’s the promise given,

but how can I trust and comply

when this too precious to set free?

Walk along with me,

stay close and hold my hand,

Let us wander among the star

our paths littered with stardust.

But on earth this life must live

till we have enough in time,

Measures of joy and sorrow

our cups burst forth to spill.

Stay and smile, grin and bear

stay close and hold my hand

Our promise is for good

for only in death do we part.

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Size Zero. A dream sold well. That's all there is to it. Beauty is a big time business that involves dissatisfied people. It only leads to complications not only in the body but also in the mind. Pro Ana Webring has a list of thinspirations that are really funny and can give you an idea of how an anorexic mind thinks. Infact I included this in my post as a chectlist of symptoms. If you find you have a few of them, then mabe you need some help! -From Lightchatter

• Make an ANA scrapbook with pics of skinny models. Write down all the reasons you want to lose weight. Keep track of everything you eat. 
• The only freedom left is the freedom to starve.
• Giving in to food shows weakness, be strong and you will be better than everyone else.
• You aren't defeated when you lose, you're only defeated when you quit!
• Do not give up on what you want most for what you want at the moment.
• Nothing matters when I'm thin.
• An imperfect body reflects an imperfect person.
• Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
• I'm not starving myself. I'm perfecting my emptiness.
• It's not deprivation, it's liberation.
• Craving is only a feeling.
• Thin is a skill.
• What's in your fingers today is on your hips tomorrow.
• Quod me nutrit, me destruit (What nourishes me also destroys me)
• What the scale says is the most important thing.
• Being thin and not eating are signs of true willpower and success.

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Plot is planned, a clever trap laid

Money spills as spin machines trade

Effulgent in smart labeled suits

Pert fleet footed those high fliers

Billboard images that entice

With painted dreams of fancy lies

Deceived by the glitterati

Sizezero-sixpack guarantee

Mind, the body image controls

Beauty begets fame and laurels

Not all are blessed traffic stoppers

Most numskull dream-body hopers

In a bank vault his laughter rings

Beauty hunter an old song sings

The fat man’s mind bestirred berserk

Pills and drills and suctions at work

A cruel diet gives way soon

To depression binging of doom

Constant companions for days 

Self loathing and neurosis stays

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