I love the rather over used “We Can Do It” American wartime propaganda poster. To me it epitomises the willingness of women during the war to roll up their sleeves, get stuck in, work hard, be strong and never give up.
Sometimes in life it’s the only thing to do in the face of adversity. If you don’t you’ve lost, you wither, you are consumed and you vanish..
Adversity comes in all shapes and forms. It can involve emotions, physicality and economics.
Struggling with one’s weight is an adversity, especially if it is manifesting itself in physical or emotional pain. It’s hard to lose weight, especially hundreds of pounds. It feels like the end is never in sight, the struggle seemingly never ends and often you fall down, and have to climb back up again sheepishly, half heartedly, even reluctantly. It’s easier to lie down in a comfy bed then walk barefoot on sharp pebbles..
Weight loss isn’t without pain..
But pain is temporary and there is undoubtedly less of it as we scale our hills and mountains and realize we are nearly at the top.
Despite the struggles and setbacks and 20 years of obesity I do believe in Sir Ernest Shackleton Family Motto: “By endurance we conquer….”
And trust me when I say there are years more endurance left in my 48 year old bones to fight this demon, this need, this greed, this something which I still haven’t quite worked out.
100lbs left to lose..
WE CAN DO IT!
Wikipedia: “We Can Do It!” is an American wartime propaganda poster produced by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric as an inspirational image to boost worker morale. The poster is generally thought to be based on a black-and-white wire servicephotograph taken of a Michigan factory worker named Geraldine Hoff.
The poster was seen very little during World War II. It was rediscovered in the early 1980s and widely reproduced in many forms, often called “We Can Do It!” but also called “Rosie the Riveter” after the iconic figure of a strong female war production worker. The “We Can Do It!” image was used to promote feminism and other political issues beginning in the 1980s