Free to be me, free to be you
The artist Colbie Caillat has written not only a very powerful song but an amazing and very moving video. So many times we are asked to be more than we are. You don't look the part. Everyone should be skinny. You need to put make up on because you look tired. You need to be more sexy to get a man. Change this, change that....but why?
God made each and everyone different and beautiful in every way. We are the ones that take that pure beauty away from ourselves and each other. Why? Why do we glamorize skinny? Why not glamorize HEALTHY. Good food choices, exercise and loving ourselves for who we are?
Life is way too short to worry about what other people think about you...it is more important that you love you. We need to take hold of our lives and our children's lives and start love ourselves for who we are and loving others for who they are. When will my daughter stop coming home and telling me someone called her fat? When will families stop talking about weight all the time? When will we start teaching our kids that getting dressed and doing your hair is FOR YOU, not for other. Don't get me wrong putting make up isn't wrong, getting extensions isn't bad, buying designer clothes isn't horrible...it is when you do those things to impress someone else or because you think you are not good enough just the way you are that I think is wrong.
Love you for you.
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Here is the video
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