The other day my friend Cindy was visiting me. We sat outside enjoying the beautiful spring weather and she remarked that I looked beautiful. I thanked her for the compliment but part of me wonders, "what do see in me that I don't? why are we so critical of ourselves? Are we really beautiful?" So easily we can look in the mirror and see ourselves as we are but we also need to see our true beauty.
I looked up the definition of the word beauty in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. It is defined as,
The quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts mind or spirit: loveliness.
We see the beauty in flowers, food, clothing, etc. We're too busy being critical of our own life and bodies that we forget to see the beauty in who we are! There's a website just for people to notice how beautiful they truly are: operationbeautiful.com. This website encourages us to write positive affirmations on Post-it notes daily to remind ourselves how beautiful we are. Their mission statement is pretty awesome and it says:
The goal of the Operation Beautiful website is to end negative self-talk or “Fat Talk.” If this little blog only does one productive thing, I hope it helps readers realize how truly toxic negative self-talk is — it hurts you emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
I know I am just as guilty as anyone else with the negative self talk. I can't tell you how many times I said to myself that I'm stupid or ugly or unworthy and the things that I do. I change that around and I literally yell at myself when I hear myself starting to say things like that and change it around to something more positive. By talking positive to yourself you see yourself as you truly are: you are worthy, You are beautiful, you can achieve. By talking positive your whole attitude towards yourself changes dramatically. The negativity that you hear and see within yourself dissipates and you become more confident about yourself; you start seeing yourself in a light that is brighter than a sun and stronger than anything you've ever experienced. You smile more, you hold your head higher, you feel healthier when you talk positive about yourself.
There are so many people in the world that don't even consider themselves to be worthy of being alive. This isn't so. We are all worthy of being on this earth and in this lifetime. We create life with passion and love, continue with that passion and love within your own life. We aren't mistakes! We were put here, right here right now, to embrace the world and the universe and everything that comes in it. So stop this self negative talk! Tell yourself all day today how beautiful you are! Do it! Look in the mirror right now and tell yourself, "I am beautiful! I am awesome!" Every time you look in the mirror today tell yourself this. You will find your day Will be absolutely amazing.
So how do I see myself? I am dead sexy! I am worthy of everything the universe has to give me! I've worked hard on the body I have and I am comfortable with in my skin. I am beautiful.
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