Beautiful, ain't I?
I was reading an article that spoke about how only 2% women consider themselves beautiful. This survey also asked women if they were satisfied with their body/appearance. And only a handful of women answered yes to that question. This is not surprising to me. Growing up, I always thought of myself as an awkward teenager and that image stuck with me for a long time. I was never comfortable in my own skin, and didn't really view myself as beautiful or pretty. We live in a culture that is saturated with images of perfect bodies and flawless faces. How can a woman even convince herself that her beauty is not defined by a number on a scale, a clothing size, or even skin color? How can she tell herself that her worth is not tied to the sum of her body parts? When a woman has a healthy sense of self worth, she does not look for acknowledgement from the wrong sources. Her identity is not tied to how many boys want to date her or how many women want to look like her. She is able to view dig