THE BEAUTY IN US: WE ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WE THINK

I was privileged(thanks to my company) to witness an awesome presentation by Dan Hanover(CEO event marketer Magazine). He literally got every attendee glued to various ads and campaigns made by different companies. I practically got myself inspired by one campaign created by a famous company. In the video,


"They asked women to describe themselves to an FBI trained forensic artist Gil Zamora (from behind a mysterious curtain), who drew a portrait of them based on their description. The same women are then described by strangers whom they met the previous day. The sketches are compared, with the stranger's image invariably being both more flattering and more accurate. The differences create strong reactions when shown to the women".



The reality is that people see us to be more beautiful than we think we are. But the problem is that we have allowed the society through the magazines, TV, adverts and social media have defined for us different standards of beauty- that we undervalue the true beauty in ourselves. We feel we need to attain a particular size, height and color to be part of the society. We feel less confident in ourselves when we are not accepted by a particular group of people, when somebody rejects us and makes mockery of our size or weight or our clothes and bags. And we fail to realize how unique we are. We fail to realize what lies inside of us. i guess that;'s why Ralph Waldo said in one of his books that -

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Our perception of ourselves is far less positive than it should be.  What  we don't know is that feeling beautiful is the first step to living happier, more confident lives. We are unique and wonderfully made. No one is perfect. Each of us have flaws and this one thing that makes us different from the other person. We need to stop idolizing people's lives, we need to stop wishing we were somebody else. The truth is, if you were given a 1 sec chance to be somebody else, i think we would all feel better about ourselves after the experience. That confident person out there who so much love her life and constantly happy have  simply discovered herself, the unique thing about her, her inner beauty. Quoting Aisha Ahmad of WIMBIZ, "We need to discover that one unique thing about us, perfect it and amplify it. Then find our tribe. Find people like you and build it"

We don't need to waste time and resources trying to be part of a particular niche. We are more beautiful than we can imagine. And you know what! there's someone out there who adore and admire what we are. Who wants to be part of our lives. You just need to identify this beauty that lies within us and appreciate. In no time, you will be connected to the right people that is meant to be part of our journey.

A task for you every morning;  After you have dressed up every morning for work, go to the mirror and tell yourself "I AM BEAUTIFUL" and make sure you feel very good about yourself, you will see how that positive vibe will transform your life.

Fighting the right way

You need to see this awesome movie! Dimma said. I started wondering what made her so excited about the movie. After so much battling with sleep that night, i finally woke up by am and the first thing that struck me was, "You need to see this awesome movie". Although it was Sunday morning, i didn't think about church, i just settled in the sofa and hit the PLAY button.

10 minutes into this movie, i had tears rolling down my cheeks(i cry when i watch movies actually)* lol. It struck me, THE POWER OF A PRAYING WOMAN. By a woman, i don't mean only married women, i mean every woman(single and married). What most women don't realize is how powerful they are. We are caught up by fears, low self-esteem, people's expectations of the way our lives would play out, rejection from guys, fears of being single, fear of loosing our husbands, fear of not being part of a certain circle of people.t.c. And this has made us not to realize how much power we have. Look at the women in the scripture, read their stories (Esther, Judith, Ruth and lots of them), you realize how powerful women can be. We need to tap into that power, each and everyone of us.  Most times, we are overwhelmed by the pressures from work, family, etc; and we respond by fighting ourselves or our family or in extreme cases, challenge God in strange ways. What we don't realize is that the fight isn't for us. We need to go God who does the fighting for us. He made us to understand in (2nd Chronicles 7:14) what exactly he expects us to do. Sometimes, this pressures makes us to ask if God is watching, the truth is that, He's ever there, everyday, watching us, loving us, waiting for us to come to him to tell him our problems, to tell him to console us, to give us inner peace. We can't say that doctors do not exist on earth, because when we are sick, we go to the hospital to see them. We should do same for God. We should go to God when we are happy, sad, feeling down, feeling rejected, when people hurt us, because he knows who to fight. He knows the only way the devil gets to him is from hurting you, and he will make everything possible. It doesn't matter how  far your sins have led, it doesn't matter what people say about, what matters is that God loves you and his arms are wide open to anchor you and help you fight your pressures, fears, hurts, rejection the right way.

I will end by putting this quote by ;

Thanks to Chidimma for making me see that movie (WAR ROOM). If you haven't seen it, you need to catch it. It will transform you