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Beautiful is defined “aesthetically pleasing to your mind and senses.” The crazy thing about that definition is what is aesthetically pleasing to one person may not be for another. Everyone is different and has different views. One of the problems we have is instead of tapping into ourselves to discover what we personally deem as beautiful we often follow the guidelines that society has set to define beauty. For example, light skinned, big butt, big breasts, long soft hair, six pack, perfectly shaved face and the list goes on. To clarify, society is “a system of human organizations generating distinctive...
If You are In Need of Encouragement....
“Whenever you feel unloved, unimportant, or insecure, remember to whom you belong.” — Ephesians 2:19-22 “It is not fancy hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes that should make you beautiful. No, your beauty should come from inside you –the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. That beauty will never disappear and it is worth very much to God.” — 1 Peter 3:3-4 “Let all that you do be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 “You are beautiful for you are fearfully and wonderfully made.” — Pslam 139:14 “Don’t worry about anything, instead, pray about everything. Tell God what...
You're beautiful. OKAY?
Growing up, I loved everything about me! I was beautiful, talented, outgoing, unashamed and fearless. The fact that I was the darkest child out of all of my siblings did not matter one bit! Once I got to high school, my confidence plummeted. I felt so inferior to my peers. I received so many compliments? that now that I think about it weren't compliments at all. They went something like, "I usually don't date dark skinned girls but there's something special about you" or "You're cute to be dark skinned." Even then, comments like that made me feel some type...
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