Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Miracles in Life
This morning as I was reading the newspaper, I came across the heading "Miracle Baby emerges from rubble." I took a second, and just cried. In Turkey they had an earthquake of great magnitude the other day and apartment buildings just crumbled. Rescue workers were working to save people from the buildings that had crumbled.
This article was telling us about a rescue worker that saves a two-week old baby from the rubble. The baby was completely healthy. Later that day, both the mother and the grandmother of the young baby were saved.
This story just made me cry. It was so sweet. It makes me so grateful to be living in this time, and knowing that Heavenly Father takes care of people. Obviously that baby is destined for some great things.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Our bodies
Just now I had a stick (You know the type. The women that don't have hips and their fat percentage doesn't go over 1.5%) tell me that I needed to focus more on being thin and fashionable. Okay, really? I am comfortable with me, and I wear what is comfortable. Why are we so obsessed with other people's bodies, that we have to make such comments?
I didn't know this chick, and I don't want to. Her misguided comment angered me more than it hurt me. This is my body. I don't wear revealing clothes, I don't wear clothes that are too small or too big. I wear clothes that fit my body type, and I feel good in.
So, I may not be the world's idea of pretty- I have hips, I have a little extra weight, I don't wear the most fashionable clothing, I don't wear a mask of make-up- but I am me. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not. I'm quite comfortable with myself, and I think that other people should be as well.
It has taken me awhile to get to this point, but looking back, that journey was one of my favourites. I still have moments of being insecure, but I honestly think that women are just made that way. I don't think that we should try to tear down others because of our own insecurity. I think all of us are beautiful, without make-up and when we're not trying to be someone else. Two quotes fill this well "Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else," and "Always be yourself. Somebody else is taken."
Am I old-fashioned for thinking that we should all accept each other for just being ourselves?
I didn't know this chick, and I don't want to. Her misguided comment angered me more than it hurt me. This is my body. I don't wear revealing clothes, I don't wear clothes that are too small or too big. I wear clothes that fit my body type, and I feel good in.
So, I may not be the world's idea of pretty- I have hips, I have a little extra weight, I don't wear the most fashionable clothing, I don't wear a mask of make-up- but I am me. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not. I'm quite comfortable with myself, and I think that other people should be as well.
It has taken me awhile to get to this point, but looking back, that journey was one of my favourites. I still have moments of being insecure, but I honestly think that women are just made that way. I don't think that we should try to tear down others because of our own insecurity. I think all of us are beautiful, without make-up and when we're not trying to be someone else. Two quotes fill this well "Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else," and "Always be yourself. Somebody else is taken."
Am I old-fashioned for thinking that we should all accept each other for just being ourselves?
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