You Don't Know You're Beautiful

Beauty is a common theme and something that has come up in many of my blogs, and surrounds my thoughts.

I’m constantly fighting this war between what true, pure real beauty is, and what this world tells us it is.

The world tells us that to be beautiful you must

·      Wear a size 0 pant

·      Have a gap between your thighs when your knees are together

·      Have protruding collar and hip bones

·      Have long hair preferably with high lights

·      Thin eyebrows with a nice arch

·      Wear make up that cakes onto your skin

·      Have no body hair

·      No zits

·      Big boobs, tight butt...

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The list goes on and on.

And truly its heart breaking.

So many girls go through life thinking they’re fat when they’re not

Thinking they’re ugly because they don’t look a certain way

They think that something is wrong with them if they aren’t reaching these virtually unattainable goals set by society.

The reality is that these things are NOT what make you beautiful.

I believe that ALL girls are beautiful, and each in their own way

Because beautiful is how you look when you roll out if bed in the morning

Beautiful is when you look in the mirror and say “I don’t care what the world tells me, I AM BEAUIFUL.”

Beautiful is when you believe it

Beautiful is being proud of your body despite the size pant you wear (this is not to say that being over weight to a point that effects your health is good, it’s saying that you’re beautiful despite the size of your jeans or what the scale says)

Beautiful is when you’re confidant

Beautiful is when you decide to be happy with the reflection in mirror

Beautiful is when your just as pretty on the inside as the outside, and on the outside as the inside

I believe that each and everyone of us was created in the image of God.

That the same God who created the entire universe, took the time to hand craft every person who ever has or will walk this earth. And I do not believe for a second that He would create something that’s not beautiful.

In my opinion, one of the most powerful short descriptions about beauty goes as follows…

            "It's true. It's like the hidden secret that no one tells you. We can all be beautiful girls. It's so easy. It’s like Dorothy clicking her heels to go home. You could do it all along."  — Sarah Dessen (Keeping the Moon)

Because, ALL of US, ARE BEAUTIFUL.