I never knew that I was beautiful?
I remember seeing all the ads when I was younger. As a child it was the Disney Princesses, as a teenager it was the models on Cosmo and Seventeen. And as an adult, it was the women in the number one movies in the country. But I never competed, never drew near to them in beauty and stature. And then one day, I actually looked at myself.
I striped away the covering, the makeup that all these women adorned themselves with and I saw the plain woman that sat underneath, and I realized, that I was beautiful! That there was more to me, than all of the teasing and injustice that had been heaped upon my shoulders since I was but a young child. That beauty has many facets and faces and that I was beauty in many forms. That happiness did not depend on my appearance, but that with my appearance, I had the ability to reach out to others and make contact.
Beauty was a word, an action, a moment in time, a story and a gift. It was the ability to take something that was not and make it into something that is. And it is a gift that so many overlook and use in a negative way. Beauty truly is who we are inside and when that beauty shines, we are the most beautiful people on the outside. No coverings needed, no makeup applied.
Beauty is just truth...
Beauty is happiness with ourselves...
And that is something that no one can take away from us, once we learn the secret to true Beauty!
Beauty is Love.
©2016, Aelfwynn MacGregor, AMB
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