Espirational

How Could Anyone Ever Tell You…

“How could anyone ever tell you, you are anything less than beautiful” are the beginning words of a song written by Libby Roderick for a friend who was having a hard time. At that time she did not imagine herself as a professional musician and never imagined this song taking on a life of it’s own. Continue reading “How Could Anyone Ever Tell You…”

Who Measures Up?

When it comes to the world’s idea of beauty, who really “measures up?” Is it even possible when the picture of the “ideal body” is constantly changing? Not to mention that ideas of beauty vary from culture to culture. I was born in the late 1950’s so the picture of physical beauty I grew upContinue reading “Who Measures Up?”

Cultivating True Beauty

“Physical beauty that comes from keeping up appearances can only be maintained temporarily, but beauty that takes authenticity and sincerity as its foundation is timeless and eternal. Whether we are young or old, if people give rise to joy upon seeing us, then this is true beauty. So, if we want to embody true beauty,Continue reading “Cultivating True Beauty”

You are more than enough

“Let me tell you the truth: You are enough. You are more than enough. God made you, and God does not make junk. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Ps. 139:13) You are not just a body; you are a body and a soul. You have anContinue reading “You are more than enough”

God made you to be the way you are..

“God made you to be the way you are, you needn’t try to be anything different than that.” ― Victoria Lynn, When Beauty Blooms

The Real Beauty is Within Usf

“We turn outward, attracted by the beauty we see in created things without realizing that they are only a reflection of the real beauty. And the real beauty is within us.” —-Ernesto Cardenal

I need to see my own beauty

“I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelingsContinue reading “I need to see my own beauty”