I AM BEAUTIFUL!

I saw this ad commercial of Dove about how we, women perceive ourselves versus how others perceive us. The result is very dramatic.  It shows how we belittle ourselves when it comes to how we look like.

When a woman is asked a question:  "Are you beautiful?"  Many women would reply:  "I don't know, what do you think?"  or they may reply in a humorous way:  "Yes.  According to my mom."  

You can only hear a few women who can answer the question with a confident reply of "YES!"

WHY?

Because many women are concerned about their looks not because they are concerned about themselves but because they are concerned of what other people will say about them.  Many people go to cosmetic doctors not because they want to look pretty for themselves, but because they want to look pretty for other people.

Not many woman can actually say, "I want to slim down, because I want myself to look good or feel good about myself".  Instead, when asked why do they go to the gym or beauty doctors, they would reply:"because I don't want my friends to say I look old at my age, or I want my husband to be proud of me, that I still look young and  slim at my age."

Beauty is never about what other people see in you, or say about you.  It is about what you see in yourself or feel about yourself.

Being beautiful is not determined by what other people think about a person, but being beautiful is determined by how beautiful a person thinks about herself.

There is nothing wrong about wanting to be beautiful, or being slim; that is if you want it because you want to look better or feel better as a person.  There is also nothing wrong with being chubby or being flat nosed, or unproportioned face as long as you feel good about yourself and you don't care about what other people think about your appearance.  Remember that physical appearnace fades in time, it is the natural way of life, but the way you live your life is what remains in the memories of people who know you.

There is nothing wrong with improving your looks if you think it will add up to your happiness and well being.  But never try to improve your looks because you want other people to say that you look good.

If you think you are beautiful no matter how you look, never care whether other people thinks you are ugly.  Only people who doesn't appreciate a masterpiece would think there is such a thing as being ugly.  

Now I am going to ask you a question... ARE YOU BEAUTIFUL?  

What would your answer be?

http://guyism.com/humor/forensic-artist-draws-women-how-they-see-themselves-with-horrifying-results.html