I KNOW the struggle. The struggle is real and the struggle is here and
the struggle is NOW. Beauty is not as it appears; it is not what they of
Hollywood and the mass media and diet pill companies and plastic
surgeons want you to believe it is. Beauty is not Barbie. Beautiful and
thin and perfect are not synonymous. Beautiful is not white, it is not
black, it holds within it every color and no color at all. Beautiful is
not a size, or numbers on a scale. Beautiful has no race. Beautiful has
no gender. Beautiful has no age, wealth, religious or national
allegiance. Beautiful is broken and gloriously imperfect. Beautiful is
not something to be strived for or sought outwardly; true beauty comes
from within. Beautiful is kindness and compassion, beauty is courage
and strength. Beautiful is the ability to stand back up, dust off and
walk away when it's knocked down, and to be the helping hand to others
when it sees them in that low, dark place. Beauty is standing up for
those who cannot stand up for themselves. Beauty is in each and every
one of us, and it is up to us to recognize and embrace that beauty in
others...and within ourselves. Stay beautiful, my friends. ♡
