Don't allow others to define who you are on the outside or inside. In truth, once you are beautiful on the inside, you will be beautiful on the outside.
My pretty sister always wanted to ply me with make-up, hairstyles, & clothes. I told her every time she tired, "I'm sorry you don't love me as I choose to be. I love myself just the way I am." No amount of makeup etcetera was gonna make me as pretty as she & I was fine with that. She loved the mirror & makeup. I loved my jeans, t-shirts & books. She loved combing her hair. I adored playing with my worms. My sister ended up pregnant & married young. I went on to college. Is she happy with her jock in the city & 2 kids ~~ yes. I married in my late 20s. Am I happily married on a farm to a Ph.D. ~~ you bet. I stayed true to me as my sister did for herself. That's what's most important. That's just me. *big warm friendship hug*
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"What a liberation to realize that the,
'voice in my head' is not who I am.
Who am I then?
The one who sees that."
~Eckhart
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