Self Known

When I was younger, I couldn't see myself as beautiful. I'd look at myself in the mirror and think, "Decent, maybe. But beautiful? No." As I've grown older, God's shown me it's not what's on the outside that counts - it's what's in your heart. Here are five tips for connecting with your inner beauty. 1. Start with a positive outlook Looking in the mirror each morning and telling yourself - out loud - "I am beautiful. I am talented, kind and funny.  I am awesome. " starts your day with a positive outlook. This, in turn, shines the rest of your day with positivity as well. 2. Maintain the balance There are two extremes you can fall into when trying to recognize your inner beauty. You can fall into a web of negativity, or you could end up working your way into an overly optimistic frenzy. Refrain from overworking yourself. Know your limitations and gently push yourself. 3. Set goals you can accomplish Set goals for yours...

[ via ] Beauty. That super unreliable thing a lot of us tend to worry about. It's a noun Google defines as " a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, esp. the sight". Beauty is something our eyes see and allow our brains to process, deciding whether or not the object in front of us is aesthetically pleasing. This word, with its catastrophic description and limit to who and what it touches is  diabolical,  in its own sense. Because so often we allow it to be limited to what our eyes see - the physical flaws, the imperfections - not allowing us to look at the soul beneath the skin. I believe we are all beautiful, both on the outside and the inside. And though it seems like we're not, like we're the only person in the whole world to have somehow received the mutant "ugly" gene, that's so not true. Our inner cores - our hearts, our souls - are ravishing in their own personal and unique wa...