As an artist who draws an awful lot of physically idealized bombshells I'd like to share my sincere thoughts about beauty.
This is not about the lies our culture feeds you to keep you insecure and buying things. This is not about you believing those lies & obsessing over your tiniest flaws.
This is about truth. The truth that YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL and just a few of the reasons why…
10 reasons why you’re beautiful the way you are.
1. Your flaws. Your flaws are part of your unique and beautiful stamp. They’re attractive. You want to fix them (and the magazines agree) but don’t! You have a crooked tooth? Beautiful. A scar? Beautiful. A weird sneeze, cellulite, a pug nose, blah, blah blah: Beautiful! Personally, I LOVE flaws & I’m not alone on this (trust me).
2. The crush you don’t know about. Have you ever had a crush on someone but were too nervous to ever tell them? Of course. Everyday that you’re walking through life someone out there is promising themselves that this will be the day they get the guts to talk to you. That person (and hundreds of others who pass you on the street) will think you’re the most beautiful thing they’ve ever seen and never have the courage to tell you.
3. You said yes. Remember that time when someone asked for help and you said yes? Remember what a difference you make in other people’s lives? If you’ve forgotten then it’s time for a refresher. Helping people is beautiful!
4. You love. It doesn’t matter what or who you love or if the love is ever returned. The selfless and unconditional positive energy that you give when you love makes you more beautiful than any amount of reciprocated approval. You love, and that makes you beautiful!
5. They way you look when you think no one is watching. You adjust your skirt or sing in your car or drop your keys or blow your nose. Those small moments that you think are private rip away months of getting to know you and expose your humanity. And you know what? You’re beautiful!
6. Your interests. Fashion? Manga? Movies? Art? People? Music? Underwater nickle stacking? Your interests are one of the most beautiful things about you. They are a window into what excites you and ignites your passion. That’s beautiful!
7. Your body. Yep, I said it. Already you disagree. You have a long list of things you hate about it. Well, sorry to spoil your party but your body is beautiful. If you wanna test my theory then go ask out five guys today. Watch what happens.
Turn off your television, close your laptop, burn your magazine and look outside. How many “Perfect” bodies do you see? And yet people are attracted to each other, loving each other and enjoying each other’s unique beauty. YOUR BODY IS BEAUTIFUL. Deal with it.
8. You just rolled out of bed. Have you ever had guys approach you or check you out on a day when you thought you looked like crap? Every woman I know talks about this. Wanna know why this happens? It’s because your walls are down. We see the real YOU and not your facade, and guess what; YOU are beautiful! Duh!
9. Your story. Your memories, your experiences, your fears, your strengths, your insecurities, your passions, your concerns your laughs and your cries. Your story. Maybe you don’t think you’re interesting. Maybe you shrink away from sharing how great you actually are but that doesn’t change the fact that you are great. Your story makes you beautiful.
10. The whole you. You are not a segmented & fragmented collection of characteristics, flaws and traits. You are a whole and complete human being. Everything about you (whether you judge it to be good or bad) contributes to the whole that is you. And the whole you is beautiful!
YOU, personally, are the only chance the world has ever had and will ever have to know the complete and unique expression of humanity that you are. You can share it or hide it but a flower is still a flower; and it’s beautiful even if no one ever sees it.
“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.”
-Oscar Wilde
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