Beauty is something that everyone strives for especially women. I guess that would be societies fault. We all think we have to have certain attributes to be considered beautiful. Well, some people are born with the more typical "beauty attributes". I personally think that anyone can be beautiful (everyone is beautiful) and I know you all have heard this before but confidence IS beauty. One example is something Nina Garcia a judge on Project Runaway said. "When a beautiful woman walks into a room, I may glance up for a moment, but I soon return to my entrée or my conversation or the dessert menu. Let's be honest: beauty is not all that interesting (and certainly not more interesting than the dessert menu). But when a confident woman walks into a room, it is entrancing. I'll watch as she moves with poise and self-possession. She is not usually the one in the plain black dress. She is the one in the interesting shirt and the vintage skirt, and I immediately want to know where she got them. And she may not be the most stunningly gorgeous woman I've ever seen, but she has a way about her that can make her one of the most intriguing. Confidence is captivating, it is powerful, and it does not fade - and that is endlessly more interesting than beauty." I know when I read this it rang true to me so maybe it will ring true to you. And when you are not feeling beautiful you will feel confident and then you will feel the beauty YOU HAVE shining through. I feel the best when I have been creative with my clothes and I have been creative with my hair and makeup and I have done it to my liking. I feel like then I am showing everyone me not someone else and I know God made me beautiful in my own way like no one else. In my search for inspiration for this post I ran across Tammy Gibson's website http://amominredhighheels.com/ and she said it like this: "A woman with self-confidence can freeze time when she walks into a room with her radiant smile, her presence and her inner confidence. The trick to feeling beautiful is to find the freedom you can feel in a dark bedroom, Do a pirouette, strut your stuff, feel radiant and confident. Then take it outside. The first and most important step to developing style is to project this kind of confidence. The kind of confidence that tells others you respect yourself, love yourself, and dress up for yourself and nobody else. You are your own muse. Style comes from knowing who you are and who you want to be in the world; it does not come from wanting to be somebody else or wanting to be thinner, shorter, taller or prettier. All you need is the attitude: "I am beautiful". Your beauty deep inside will translate into a magnificent outer beauty. Confidence is the most important trait you will ever have. Increase your self-esteem and you increase your self-worth. If you don't have it, you can learn it. Fake it until you actually end up believing it. Grow your inner beauty, build up your self-confidence and you always will be beautiful. Nobody is going to do it for you - it all comes from within." I love this!! You do have to fake it till you make it. Believing is doing!! No one can tell you you are not beautiful unless you believe them if you don't believe them their words are just going to bounce off of your confidence and you beauty will shine like the sun. I am going to take this advice to heart just as much as I hope you will we are on this journey together.
Much love and beauty,
Megan Page
