It occured to me that apples fall from the tree to the ground

It occured to me that some of us are born with beauty. This comprises roughly,oh say, 1% of us. The rest of the 99% have to rely on our wit.

For those fortunate enough to be endowed with both beauty and wit, God bless(ed) you. Make good use of it. Since I cannot rely on my beauty, having genes that have somehow conglomerated into the beauties that are my sisters (my mother refuses to refute the claim that I was picked up from the garbage can) and have somehow come out short, compressed into the stubby mass that I am, I will spare no more moments in trying to assume that I am the belle of the ball.

Walking through the halls of the local mall, I am struck with a peculiar sense of realization - there is no possible way I am going to fit into any apparel lounging so casually on a mannequin but if I stuffed myself into that size 0 thing and sucked in my gut. If I were able to hold my breath for eternity (it would certainly make my chest look bigger), perhaps then, it would be realistic to see myself in those clothes.

On the other side of the spectrum, right beside the waifs of mannequins all women aspire to be, there is Kripsy Kreme, glazed, unglazed, rainbow toppinged, chocolated, and stuffed.

Why oh why is there such a damn dilemma? Why tempt with such things as desirable, even pleasurable and then deny that pleasure for the waifs and the anorectic stick figures that men and women find all so attractive?

The meaning of beauty is malleable, much like the play-doh I once delighted my childhood in.
What is "attractive"?
What is "beauty"?
Who knows. I only feel sorry for the ones who have yet to have gathered a sense of their self worth to realize that all these things are but smoke at a demolition derby.

When it blows over, then maybe things would be clearer.

However, there is always the temptation to subscribe to convention so one doesn't feel like a three breasted, pot moled, elf eared, hairy alien. Resistance seems futile, as surely as apples fall from the tree to the ground.