The world is obsessed with beauty, but how do you actually become beautiful?
It is hard to not fall into the trap of judging our bodies especially when we are trying to lose weight. I am certainly no exception. As another week comes and goes I have been running and watching what I eat.
It is hard to not fall into the trap of judging our bodies especially when we are trying to lose weight. I am certainly no exception. As another week comes and goes I have been running and watching what I eat.
I have been reflecting a lot on how to be beautiful. I am a strong believer in not living my life as the before picture, but how can I actually do that? How can I authentically live a life as a beautiful woman when I am frustrated and don’t feel my best? It comes down to this…
It sounds simple enough right? but the more I think about it and internalize it, the more I realize that I have spent a huge chunk of my life seeking out the acceptance of other people to fill my worth and that has gotten in the way of me feeling truly beautiful.
It all comes down to choice. You can choose to be beautiful. Who do you let in your life? How do you view yourself? How do you treat yourself? The most important relationship you have in your life is with yourself and if you want to make your life a lot easier you can make daily decisions to believe in yourself and that all adds up over time. Other people will see it too.
One of the key steps for me was looking at my past relationships that hurt me and decide to respect myself and genuinely letting it go. Mistakes were made, but they don’t define me. People that weren’t very nice to me, but validated me as beautiful got to stick around way too long. Now all my relationships are healthier and my sense of beauty comes from within. I am putting that energy into accepting myself and spending time with people that make me feel happier.
Most of all it is time to just believe I am beautiful and do things that make me feel that way instead of living in the past. You get to choose how you view yourself including defining yourself as beautiful.
When you put yourself first it makes it a lot easier to walk away from what is not serving your happiness. Being beautiful today means loving yourself enough to stand up and walk away from relationships and situations that hurt you and to make time for the ones that uplift you.
If you know you are beautiful, magically other people see that and those that don’t never would have (and that is okay). Self-confidence is the most beautiful quality someone can have and sometimes you just have to fake it and see what happens. You can be any size, shape, color and be beautiful and a lot of that comes simply from how you view yourself and how you chose to present yourself in the world. Beauty is about so much more than how you look. It is more about how you act and how you treat those around you.
Being beautiful today means believing it is true.
You decide how you view yourself. If you don’t believe in your own beauty and you expect to find your confidence in others you are setting yourself up for heartache. First you love and accept yourself and then others notice the beauty you already know you possess.
While none of this happens overnight you can make daily choices towards being your beautiful self. I may be upset with my lack of progress and not feel particularly awesome right now. I do like being thinner. I look in the mirror now and I don’t look like myself. Although I can appreciate my beauty now I also am frustrated. I feel prettier in a healthier body, but I am still beautiful because I am going to drag myself out of bed and go for a run or a hike, I’m going to spend time with cool people but also respect that I need some introvert time for my mental well-being,
I think that is how you get to be beautiful today. You treat yourself with love and respect and spend time on improving your life. Mostly, you just chose to believe it so get out there and strut!
❤ Always Eunice
