addendum to On "Pretty"

Likewise, if someone calls you fat and you get offended by it, I suspect that you’re not truly comfortable with your weight. Instead of resenting that person, you should use their words as a launch pad for exploring your relationship with your body, and making it a healthier one.- Becoming Unoffendable

More on Stoic philosophy (how to be calm at all circumstances. The world would be better if everyone practiced it.)