So I’m taking a dance class - I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned it around here before.
It’s supposed to be for beginners; however, on the first day, just about all of the girls in the class started talking about their ballet experience, and hip-hop exerience and this experience and that experience. Also, apart from myself, I believe the next oldest person is about 22, including the instructor.
I am, by far, the largest girl in the class (and I’m not a particularly big girl). I was finding it rather demoralizing. After every class I would feel fat, and depressed and ugly. My poor BF was just beside himself - I’m really very confident - it’s just being around all of these tiny women was making me feel like the hippopotomus from Fantasia.
Anyhow, today we were working quite hard and we all had tank tops on. I was glancing around at the other gals, and I noticed how perfectly straight accross their shoulders are. And how slim and tiny their arms are. And how really eensy, weensy these gals are just about everywhere (I’m at least 3" taller than anyone.)
Then I looked at myself. I noticed my incredibly developed trapezius muscles. And my large, muscular biceps. And my very developed glutes and quads, and it occured to me:
I COULD KICK THE CRAP OUT OF ANY GIRL IN HERE! AND A COUPLE OF THE GUYS 
Of course I wouldn’t, but it just put things into perspective.
There are all these tiny women that are good dancers. And then there’s me - a much larger woman who’s a good fighter.
Everyone’s different, and even as I look on enviously at those tiny women, I bet one or two of them are a bit envious of me.
I just thought I would share. It’s all good. 