There is not, nor will there ever be another person exactly like you. Value that. Respect that.
It sounds simple, but it's not always easy. So many negative influences try to tell us that we aren't good enough. They tell us that we are worth less if we don't have the right shoes, the right handbag, the right car, the right hair.
How many of us are putting ourselves down by comparing ourselves to others and wishing we were somehow different than we are? I've got one word to you today: STOP.
And unfortunately, sometimes we are the negative influence telling ourselves that junk.
A story I once heard illustrates this point. A rich man loved to take strolls on the beach and he spotted a little girl playing in the sand. He noticed that she had a string of dirty red beads around her neck. On an impulse, he went home and took out a string of priceless pearls that had belonged to his late wife. With her mother's permission, he offered the pearls to the girl. But there was one catch. She had to give up the dirty red beads.
A former friend of mine fell into this trap. When she was young, her mother used to always tell her that she would never amount to anything. The mother lavished love on her younger sister, but neglected her. She had low self-esteem as a result. She attracted men who used her, couldn't hold jobs for long
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How often do we do the same things in our lives? We hold on to an old image of ourselves, old habits, old grudges, anger, resentment, and other negative influences when it is clear they don't serve us anymore.
So take care of you. You are worth it and the rewards are priceless.
I've used Retin-A since my teens, so that has probably helped somewhat with the problem. But since around thirty-six I have been plagued with ever expanding dark brown blotches that responded to nothing. You name a department store brand to lighten and clarify skin and I have used it, honey. You could finance a small country on the amount of money I've spent on products, including and not up to Tri-Luna which did nothing at all.Then Miss Christy came to town, and like a bad ass skin care sheriff, took care of some business with my skin.Christy Howell is the new medical esthetician at my favorite Valdosta doctor's office; Azalea Center for Plastic Surgery. Dr. Bridgette Moore is the nip/tuck wiz that gave me my superboobs, and newly fleshed out lips. If you are considering any sort of cosmetic surgery, you need to check her first.
Value who you are. Take inventory of your strengths and gifts. Write them down. Whenever you compare yourself negatively to others, mentally say "STOP" and replace it with something positive. Let your own opinion of yourself matter more than others opinions of you...and make it a good one.
How much better would her life be if she let go of the old image her mother defined and took hold of a new image that she herself defines? How much better if she forgave her mother and took responsibility for her own life and happiness?
She refused. The more he tried to get her to take the pearls, the tighter she held on to the beads.
Every time I talked to this former friend, the conversation would revolve around how her mother had treated her. No matter what happened in her life, it was her mother's fault. The lady was then close to 50 years old. No matter what, she would not let go of those dirty red beads.
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Chanel Wallet, take care of yourself. Actions speak louder than words. When you eat healthy, exercise, and do good things for your body, your actions say that you value yourself. We know that when you value something, you take care of it.
She didn't realize she was hurting herself far more than her mother ever did.
Just because there's a recession doesn't mean that your beauty doc needs to suffer! For god's sake, sell your children to white slavers or the Pitt-Jolies if you must. Your husband only needs one kidney to effectively function, and your parents will be perfectly happy in a Medicaid run facility! It's not like they know where they are anyway, and since they already don't know who you are anymore,why not surprise them with a new look every time you remember to visit?Anyway, Ms. Howell took one look at my skin and said "Oh hell no, I'm not a magician." Okay, that's not what she said at all. She told me all about the wonderful Obagi Nu-Derm system, gave me a DVD to take home and scheduled me an appointment to taser my face. I did a series of intense pulsed light therapy sessions, aka Fotofacial, Photofacial, Photoderm and a host of other nicknames. IPL therapy is a non-ablative skin resurfacing tool.