I constantly struggle with my image and feeling comfortable in my own skin. I can list all of the things wrong with me and not hear a single compliment anyone has ever given me in life. I constantly compare myself to other girls with a thinner waist, wider hips, bigger boobs, a bridged nose. narrower shoulders, higher cheekbones, …you get the idea. I have a notoriously defaulting self-esteem despite the fact that I model, and lets not even mention the half thought-out compliments I receive from shallow bystanders. I am tired of hearing people dub half-naked girls with a duck-face “beautiful”. (No disrespect to those actively participating in the duck-face phase America is going through right now.) What I am getting at is- BEAUTIFUL should be dished in regards to who you are inside, the size of your heart, and the compassion you have brewing inside of you.
Too many girls feel comfortable showing a naked body, but not a naked face. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and we don’t realize that we dub Society as the only beholder, as the only person who says who is considered beautiful. But when I am my own beholder, I see beauty. Nevermind my face; I find beauty in the capacity of my heart to be able to forgive and in my passion for music. Look inside and find specifics of what makes you YOU and THAT’S what makes you beautiful.
So here is my step forward, world. The raw Harmony. Absolutely no filter. Take it or leave it. If you have a problem with it- take it up with God. He designed me perfectly according to His will.
