Kara wrote, “My friend and I wrote "you’re beautiful" on the freezer doors at our local supermarket hoping to make someone’s day.”
Michelle wrote, “I have always been short and it has taken me a long time to embrace my petite stature. Growing up in dance, it was never easy to be so short and what I felt was ‘fat.’ All the other girls in dance always seemed taller than me, prettier than me, and downright skinnier than me. After high school, the pressure of dance was gone, so weight matters quit consuming my life. I put myself face first into the college ways, studying the days away and partying my nights away. I gained more than the Freshman 15 and never looked back. After college, the added weight began to fall off but my self conscience had suffered from the way I had treated my body. I went to grad school, got engaged and began planning my wedding and writing my thesis. I found time each day to work out and found that my workouts were my stress relief and my time to focus inward. It wasn’t about the weight anymore, it was about making myself feel better. This is when my change started. I began to see myself as a person rather than a number in a pair of pants or on a scale. I have found I don’t care about that number on the scale or a tag anymore and wear what makes me look and FEEL GOOD. I learned to accept my muscular legs and my short stature and learned what looks good on my body and now I wear it with confidence. It took me a long time to get to where I am today, accepting my body the way it is and expressing my personal style no matter what people or a number might tell me.”
Stephanie posted this note:
Nicole wrote, “I am 20 years old. I’ve always been on the more curvy side while all my friends are lucky if they push 115 lbs. It’s hard to be a girl growing up with the media, always telling you how to lose weight and look beautiful while never telling us that we are good enough. Because we are more than good enough, we are fabulous! But we just aren’t reminded enough. I step on the scale every day which offsets my mood then. But that shouldn’t be the case. And ever since my roommates and I have left notes for each other ALL over the house, I now wake up and look in the mirror and feel good about myself. Because of Operation Beautiful, I am no longer picking things I don’t like about my body, I’m picking things I love.”
Kaitlin wrote, “I have struggled with depression, anxiety, drug abuse, not feeling like I am worth it in the world, and definitely not feeling beautiful. Operation Beautiful makes me wonder why do I judge myself? People tell me all the time that I’m beautiful; i just do not know how to believe it. I have managed to overcome drug abuse and have been clean for a year and two months now… and would love to know how to overcome the struggle with believing in myself and knowing that i am beautiful.”
Mary left her roommate this note:
Did you post this note? Anonymous found this note in the bathroom at Panera’s in Tampa!
Here’s another note that was FOUND! Mary wrote, “I was at a 24-hour gym last night and I saw the notes in the attached picture. They were near the floor, hanging right above the weight scale in the girl’s locker room. Just wanted to let you know they really made my day and I wanted to say thank you to whoever posted them!”
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Wow, i never thought that my post would make it on this website! i was showing my friend this website when I saw my post-it! I had posted the yellow one at panera about 2 weeks ago but couldn’t take a pic since i didn’t have a camera! but i am SOO glad someone saw it and hopefully made them happier!YAY!:D
I am 37 and a small petite woman that is slim. I have never had a good body imagine and it is so hard when people say wow you are so skinny are you okay?? I equate this to being called fat. I have been looking at this website and see that fat talk is bad but so is too skinny talk. I am learning so much about this site and have shared it with many!!!
So, yesterday, while walking around Battlefield mall in Springfield, MO, my friend and I handed out/posted 16 notes. We gave 2 to cashiers, 1 to a book stocker, and 1 to a random lady who looked like she was having a bad day. We put some up in the bathrooms, and then put some up in the bathrooms at A&B Cycle, Panera Bread, Mudhouse Coffee, and in dieting books at Borders Express. I hope we made someone’s day (:
Hello Operation Beautiful! I read an article about you in FIRST Magazine. You guys are soo generous. You inspired me to write post-it notes in public for people to read, so thank-you so much! I will write OperationBeautiful.com on the bottom to spread the word.
YOU are beautiful, SMILE!
Sydney
there are people out there who look past things like a womans exterior. i happen to prefer bigger women over the thinner gals. but i dont shun thin girls either. point is; curves are and always will be attractive. some people dont admit it, while others are outward about it. either way, this site is great!
Today I posted one at the Dr’s office. I felt really good about myself, and I know I made someone’s day. What made me happy was a lady who was mentally challenged walked back from the bathroom with a smile on her face, and told whoever she was with about the note in the bathroom. I turned around and smiled, and turned back around. Nice to know I made someones day. <3
Thank you so much for this site! I can’t believe I never thought about these ideas before myself! I’m going to start posting happy notes all over my city. I hope they will make someone’s day. Thank you and God bless! =)