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What You Don’t See, But What You Could See: Be Beautiful

February 13th, 2012

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Guess what? I don’t see me on TV.

I have some very immature and unruly locs.

I have good and bad skin days.

I have to pluck my eyebrows and wax my lip. I have to trim other hairs too…

I don’t see me on TV.

I have to wash my own clothes at a laundry mat.

I can’t afford a personal trainer.

I’m a couple of skin hues darker than society perceives beautiful.

My hair is all mine.

I hardly see me on TV.

Some days I wear make up. Sometimes I forget.

I like wearing sweats & big ol’ wool socks.

I don’t see me on TV.

I do my own nails & pedicures.

My feet hurt in heels (who are we fooling?)

I poop & fart.

I have periods & I think they’re gross.

I don’t see me on TV.

I’m 5’9” or so.

When I wake up, I don’t want to talk to anyone for at least an hour.

I kind of like to cook but I REALLY like to eat.

I don’t see me on TV.

Society, social media, and other media outlets can bombard your life & perceptions. They will have you thinking that the daily things you go through make you less beautiful than the people you see on TV. Trust me, you’re still beautiful.

I have the same struggle as everyone. I want my body to be perfect and rosy and flawless. What I realized was more important than what I looked like was how I took care of what God gave me. The imagery of a potter with clay, fashioning something he’s so proud of & can’t wait to show to the world… when it’s the right time. I believe that to be true of God. He’s made us all unique and all with wonderful talents and gifts. God is proud of us and he didn’t make a mistake with you. So no matter what you see on TV or in the mirror, please believe that God sees the person he intended for you to be: beautiful and all.

We may never see the real story of women on TV. I actually don’t recommend broadcasting your flatulence for the world to smell (so they know it’s real). Life is short. Be proud of your life here on earth. Focus on the beauty inside of you and the beauty around you. Once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to see the beauty written all over your face.

Peace & Love to you

Be a light in the midst of the darkness

Be uncommon among the common

Be peace during the storm

Be you.

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Look in the Mirror

February 7th, 2012

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“You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.”

Ladies, I want you to look in the mirror and say out loud “I Love You”. Don’t just say it to say it, mean it! For some of us this may be a hard task, but I dare you to try it. It may be hard, but I’m telling you ladies if you start doing this every morning you will feel that much better about yourself.

So many of us are willing to love others, more than we love ourselves, but we fail to realize that we need to love ourselves first. In relationships this tends to happen. We focus more on our significant other than we do ourselves. We have to learn and understand that we need to come first in our relationships. In order to make him happy, we need to be happy first.

Also, many of us ladies tend to settle because we don’t think we deserve better. We need to understand that we deserve the best! We should never settle; it’s okay to have a list of what we want in our mate. I’m not saying have this ridiculous list of expectations that no man can meet, but have the important deal breakers and must haves.

Love yourself enough to know what is healthy and what isn’t healthy for you in your ideal relationship. I know too many of us get stuck in these abusive relationships because we don’t love ourselves enough to leave the person who is causing us this pain and hurt. We don’t realize that we deserve better, and no matter what our friends say we don’t get it. Why do we have to wait until we are broken to start loving ourselves?

So this is something I want all of us ladies to do each morning, while we are “putting our faces on” or doing our hair. Look in the mirror and say something nice about yourself and mean it. It could be anything from “I Love You” to “You’re Beautiful” and tell me that doesn’t lift up your spirits.