I'm working my ugly! ((last post until sun. or mon.))

"I'm working my ugly" is an expression I learned recently and I thought I would share it with you all :] (It is also something I learned from the amazing Tyra Banks!)

So, I was watching the Tyra show and she was talking about how so many people have gotten so caught up with their flaws and what they see as ugly. So she set up this mirror in New York with a camera on the other side and she wanted people to come up and "work their ugly". Basically looking in the mirror and pointing out to the camera what it is they thought was "ugly"..... and then working it!

I saw this as her getting people to see that the flaws they have ((or think they have)) aren't ugly..but instead, they are what makes them beautiful. And that God made us this way for a reason. Guys and girls of all ages came up to this mirror and said things like, "I'm hairy", "My nose is to big", "My ears are small" etc. And instead of them standing there wishing they could change it, they stood there and embraced it.

I know a lot of people, young and old, who wish they could change so much about their appearance. I'm guilty of doing it myself. But, i've realized the little things I think are oh so horrible, really aren't. God made us this way. If you love Him and what He has created on this earth, then why look at ourselves and pick out everything WE think that's wrong? In His eyes, each and every one of us is perfect the way we are. Why try and change it with surgery, botox, and anything else that would change our appearance?

So many people say to me they wished they had my eyes, or my hair, or my body-type because they think i'm so beautiful. I know a lot say it as a compliment, and I take it as that. But I also know that while they are saying that, they're looking down on themselves and that is what hurts me. These girls who tell me these things are so amazingly beautiful themselves. They just don't see it.

I've noticed that many people do that today because they look in magazines and see these girls and guys who are absolutely gorgeous, and think that's what they have to look like in order for people to notice them, or even something as simple as talking to them. When really, your personality is what matters. You don't have to look like what those people in the magazines do. They're beautiful, yes. But you know what? A lot of that is all Photoshop! They take away what the world would look at as "flaws". So all in all, they're being unrealistic.

Anyways, after seeing that show, I know I've become more confident in how I feel about how I look. I embrace those little things I don't like as much, and am now able to say, you know what? I'm beautiful the way I am. Inside and out. And I wouldn't change one thing about myself :]

Anyone reading, please remember this:
You're beautiful the way you are. Don't try and change it. t God made you that way for a reason. So do yourself and Him a favor. Look at yourself and believe your beautiful! Because in reality, no matter what shape, size, race, you're all beautiful. Just the way YOU are.

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Feedback would be awesome :] I love hearing what people think. So you got something to say? Tell me!

Thank you all!

P.S. I'm camping this weekend with the family and wont be back until late Sunday. But don't worry! I'll be coming back ready to write and share with you guys my thoughts about things :]

Thank you again for reading!