We as women have a lot of competition, and I don't mean the beautiful women we pass on the street. I mean the perpetual images of women who represent the 'standard' of beauty. Daily on commercials, in magazine ads and on billboards we are forced to compare ourselves to the 'beautiful'. Our self esteem is put into question everyday when we decide how we will react to these images. Our choices are usually; look at ourselves and find where we need to tone up, trim down or lose this or that. Or we can say, yes she is beautiful, but my thighs that touch and my boobs that droop are also beautiful in their own right. My lips are shaped with the divine curves God chose, and my hips move to my very own rhythm. We must begin to say these things in the face of our 'competition'; we must put thoughts of self love into our heads as much as the media is trying to put thoughts of self hate. As our eyeballs are peeled from the boob-tubes and magazine pages, our focus turns to our peers. We study each other, criticize one another from head to toe, and if one flaw is found, you win. Why? This game is distracting us from loving each other. Yes competition is apart of life, but what are we competing for, what is it that you desire? That every woman be less attractive than you? So you can do what? What is the point? We have all been programed to gossip, ciritize and critique our fellow woman, but unfortnutely those critiques are no longer constructional. They are empty critiques developed for the purpose of fullfiling a long standing self hatred that has grown within yourself since the day you were born. When will we break the cycle, when we look past the chipped toe nail polish and muffin tops? When we love each other to help the world you worry so much about? Time starts now. Here's some homework, the moment you find yourself critiquing another woman for no reason but to be mean and turn your envy to hatred, walk up to her and tell her how beautiful she is, what you like about her outfit and how awesome her hair is. If you can't step up to her, than think it, change your thoughts to nice ones IMMEDIATELY. Or else don't think that way at all. This is my challenge to you, take it and make it apart of your life. The saying stands, if you can't say (or think) something nice, then don't say (think) anything at all! Boom, mommas' orders. Love ya Gogo :) | She was so self conscious that when she met a beautiful woman, she ripped apart her character until she could only see her ugly. She was so depressed that when she saw the happiness on the woman's face, she didn't think it was real or fair, she was excited about bringing drama into her life to see her unhappy ..... Then She became so old that she regretted teaching the generations of women who followed her how to be so hate-filled & BITTER. Are we ready to break the cycle ladies? #Lovenowlovemore GNN |