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Beauty-full Tuesday: Angela Hardison (seesaw)

When I want to see a prettier world, I visit Angela Hardison (find her beauty at seesaw too).

Anyone that knows me will acknowledge I have a tendency to be particular. I’m picky and extremely detail-oriented. I like things a certain way. This comes in quite handy and drives me to get a job well done. But sometimes it’s not always such a blessing, as in when it predisposes me to being critical.

Since I was young, my criticism has focused almost exclusively on me. I criticized myself daily. My abilities, my personality, and mostly my looks. But it wouldn’t stop there; I’d also criticize myself for criticizing myself. (Double whammy. It was bad.)

What changed me was the realization that all of those insecurities came from one source: my thoughts. And that the world of hurt I was living in could be transformed, simply by changing what I thought of myself each moment.

When a negative thought comes to mind, I acknowledge it and forgive myself for thinking it so I can let it go. Then I consciously work towards filling my mind with the uplifting truth that I am beautiful. Beautiful in the way I handle life, beautiful in the way I love others, and even beautiful on the outside.

And you know what? When I actively create thoughts that cause me to feel beautiful, everyone and everything in the world around me is lovely too.

Feed me fashionably fresh

Comments

  1. The power of positive thinking! If you constantly think you can’t do something, you can’t do it. Period. Self fulfilling prophecies are terrible and it is up to the individual to work on how he or she thinks/reacts to something. Beautiful message, as I am guilty of the double-whammy criticism for criticizing.

  2. this is a great post by a pretty lady!

    keep these beauty-full posts comin’!

  6. you forgot to add that you are also beautiful in the way you blog. And inspire others. I love this. I love how your words are always simple and to the point.

  7. what a beautiful thought! i need more of YOU in my days.

  9. This is really in line with a change in thinking I’ve been working on. The changes in my life since I have been conscious of my negative thoughts and actively focusing on positivity has been amazing. Love this post!

  10. Thank you for this series. I’ve enjoyed each post!

  11. Loved this post! You said it so perfectly! I’m so guilty of the same thing and it’s such a hard habit to break when your 36 I wished I would have realized it sooner so I could have put a stop to it and not have it as such a horrible habit. But I’m working on it.