Stay Beautiful and Stay Positive?
The reason Iâm writing about this is because I want everything you read/see/watch on this blog to be on a foundation of positivity.
When it comes to beauty, a lot people are only able to perceive their individual idea and identity of beauty because of certain experiences.
The biggest factor which influenced my idea of how to perceive myself as beautiful was SCHOOL. Throughout my primary and secondary school, I was CHUBBY BUNNY.. Yes, I look back at pictures and it makes me cringe at how chubby I used to be.
I feel like it got to a stage (not too sure whether it was sixth form or uni) where I was tired of staring in the mirror, thinking to myself.. âI wonder what he/she will think if I look/dress this wayâ or beating myself up about how âfatâ I was. I had to start building my confidence; wake up every morning and be like 'Iâm beautifulâ, regardless of any situation or past thing that I was involved in..even when I looked like crap and I looked completely ridiculousâŚI had to say it. Small things like that helped bring up my self esteem and itâs what helped get rid of negative thoughts. I believe you need to speak positivity into your life/day/week.
Another big factor is The Media. Yes.. I study media production, BUT there is media and there is THE MEDIA. The Media likes to portray this idea of beauty: thin waist, big hips, big bum, fair skin, long hair bla bla bla⌠If you look completely opposite to that, OF COURSE youâre not going to feel beautiful! How on earth will you feel beautiful if the media is not even portraying the other side of beauty?! You need to be able to look past that. Do not let the media define the standards of your beauty. Every single person has their own beauty standards; they are INDIVIDUAL to YOU!
Thatâs a key thing that I think helped me in developing my idea of beauty. Iâm the type of person that is VERY easily influenced (unfortunately), by pictures, by quotes, by conversations.. But the second you decide to look past that, tell yourself 'Iâm beautiful in MY OWN WAY!â Donât allow pictures or the âideal womanâ to affect you. The second you believe and see yourself as beautiful, those pictures wonât matter anymore! The value of your beauty doesnât decrease on societyâs inability to see your worth.. remember that!!
To understand how unique and different you are a being/individual, I found two scriptures which are:
1) Psalm 139:13 - 'For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my motherâs wombâ.
2) Jeremiah 1:5 - 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nationsâ.
God made us for a purpose, we are UNIQUE! Â He made us difference to each other so each person can catch their own beauty from within THEMSELVES!
Sometimes I feel like God is really upset with us. I feel like Heâs saying 'Why donât you love yourself? I spent so much time on you and made sure I made you just the way you are for a reasonâ
We should understand that God sees us and He sees perfection. God is perfect and He created me, so I carry traits of perfection. It doesnât matter what anyone tells me.. None of them created me! Thatâs just how you have to see things. The world has a very funny way of trying to put people down and trying to get at peopleâs appearances, but like I said before; DONâT LET IT GET TO YOU.. You are UNIQUE and BEAUTIFUL!!
Scripture to remember: Songs of Solomon 4:7
STAY BEAUTIFUL AND STAY POSITIVE!
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