"Neither do (wo)men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house." Matthew 5:15 with slight modification by KovarI know that you all have likely seen this many times, and heard all the fuss in the press.
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Well, I was led to think about this from a totally different perspective. What if Susan Boyle had looked in the mirror one day and said, "You are an unattractive cow. Stay home, stay out of the way, and don't embarrass yourself."
How many times do we (and I mean all women) judge ourselves critically. Especially if we choose the parameteres that American society has set for measuring the worth of a woman.
Speaking for myself, it goes something like this: "My chest is too small, my hips are too big, my butt..well lets just say I've seen drive-in movie screens with less breadth. My hair never behaves, my eyes are too close together, I have no clue how to apply make-up, and my nose made Jimmy Durante jealous (God rest his soul). I still get acne. My teeth are showing their age by yellowing, and I don't have enough discipline to use white strips. I laugh like a donkey and don't seem to be smart enough to fit in with these PhD folk. I need to be quiet and behave like a lady."
Bullshit. We need to hold on to our dream. No, not hold on to, we need to chase that puppy. And swing our hips because we believe we are as saucy as any other woman. We are not our eyebrows (and Susan Boyle does have some bodacious eyebrows), we are not our employment status, nor our hair that is (choose one) too thick, too thin, too curly, too straight, or between good lengths.
Talk about being more than the sum of our parts!
We need to be just who God created us to be. For Susan Boyle that is a singer, whose songs I will download with glee. Oh, to teach young women the joy of being REAL!
According to Christine Aguilera:
I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
1 comment:
You go girl! Yes, you and Susan both... Isn't it sick that body dissatisfaction is so common in our culture that psychology calls it "normative concerns." No. This is not normal. We must recognize and celebrate the beauty of our body and our self!
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