Well today I was listening to this Common joint with Jaime Foxx and Common has this part where he says ‘Baby being beautiful is a state of mind’.... this really made me stop and think this is so true. I mean we all have at one time encountered a scenario where you have woken up got dressed looked in the mirror and thought to yourself 'Wow I look good' but then when we saw that friends/sister/co-worker, they looked at you and said “you look a state”. That really knocked my confidence and self esteem I say this cause this scenario was my reality... I thought to myself girl, it is time that you learn to love yourself....completely because not everyone will... I mean if you think about the amount of people who think they are beautiful but are not deemed as being beautiful in society you wouldn’t know where to begin cause ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. Think of all the supermodels that grace our adverts, catwalks and magazines that society deems as being beautiful but sometimes we stop and think to ourselves and think Kate Moss is ok looking! It make me realise that who am I to stop and say some1 is not beautiful just because they don’t fit my personal ideal of beauty... we need to define our beauty cause for too long I feel I’ve been living and waiting to be pretty but at no point have I ever fitted the stereotypical definition of beauty and lord knows I am tired of doing the diets and following the fashion trends only to cry tears of frustration.... It's absolutely normal to see the beauty in others while not doing soo in yourself.... Self-acceptance lies at the end of a long road that I think we are all going to have to take. It will be hard at times & lord knows sometimes it seems like it's just easier to put ourselves down & ignore the beauty that is reflected back to us in the mirror every day. But know this ladies... Beauty starts on the inside... cause beauty is not only exterior but interior. That Outer beauty that everyone else sees is only skin deep. I’m sure we’ve all heard this from our mother/sister/friend before & you'll hear it again but that's only because it's true. Love yourself girl!. You deserve to be just as in love with yourself as some next man or woman is or will be in the future. Besides since when has Barbie looked all that good? She may be "perfect" but she can’t talk, walk, live, dream, imagine, or....be as affectionate & beautifully human as you we are.
Sunday, 20 January 2008
Define Your Beauty
Well today I was listening to this Common joint with Jaime Foxx and Common has this part where he says ‘Baby being beautiful is a state of mind’.... this really made me stop and think this is so true. I mean we all have at one time encountered a scenario where you have woken up got dressed looked in the mirror and thought to yourself 'Wow I look good' but then when we saw that friends/sister/co-worker, they looked at you and said “you look a state”. That really knocked my confidence and self esteem I say this cause this scenario was my reality... I thought to myself girl, it is time that you learn to love yourself....completely because not everyone will... I mean if you think about the amount of people who think they are beautiful but are not deemed as being beautiful in society you wouldn’t know where to begin cause ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. Think of all the supermodels that grace our adverts, catwalks and magazines that society deems as being beautiful but sometimes we stop and think to ourselves and think Kate Moss is ok looking! It make me realise that who am I to stop and say some1 is not beautiful just because they don’t fit my personal ideal of beauty... we need to define our beauty cause for too long I feel I’ve been living and waiting to be pretty but at no point have I ever fitted the stereotypical definition of beauty and lord knows I am tired of doing the diets and following the fashion trends only to cry tears of frustration.... It's absolutely normal to see the beauty in others while not doing soo in yourself.... Self-acceptance lies at the end of a long road that I think we are all going to have to take. It will be hard at times & lord knows sometimes it seems like it's just easier to put ourselves down & ignore the beauty that is reflected back to us in the mirror every day. But know this ladies... Beauty starts on the inside... cause beauty is not only exterior but interior. That Outer beauty that everyone else sees is only skin deep. I’m sure we’ve all heard this from our mother/sister/friend before & you'll hear it again but that's only because it's true. Love yourself girl!. You deserve to be just as in love with yourself as some next man or woman is or will be in the future. Besides since when has Barbie looked all that good? She may be "perfect" but she can’t talk, walk, live, dream, imagine, or....be as affectionate & beautifully human as you we are.
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Amen ms Michelle amen lol you have been reading my mind lol
Babygirl Chelle...i praise u chik for speaking for us women! i think u r a beautiful young black lady , n i love you so much xcx
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