My Idea of Beauty

What is beauty? Really though, I feel like we're always striving to be beautiful in this world, and it makes me sick. Cause we're expected to be more than beautiful, we are expected to be flawless.

And they wonder why depression floods our heart, and eating disorders take over our mind when we can't reach an unrealistic goal.

What I find beautiful is a heart at rest. What do I mean by that? I mean a person who does not have to strive to be beautiful, she just is. She doesn't stare at her thighs in the mirror disapprovingly. She doesn't run 10 miles a day to be a size two. She doesn't worry about some bonehead calling her. She is at rest.

Yeah, exercise is fine, make-up is fine, wanting to be lovely for a loved-one, that's all good. But why all the pressure? Why all the anxiety?

We all know that true beauty is found in sincerity, laughter, vulnerability, spirituality and love. A truly beautiful woman is the one who lives life with open arms, without hiding for fear of rejection. Again, a woman at rest and peace with who she is and what she's living for on this planet.

I'm not completely at rest, but I'm learning more everyday to let go. I'm coming undone and releasing all the fakeness and anxiousness I once felt to impress others, to make myself something I was not. Because trying to hold yourself together to project an image of beauty, well that's easy to see through. But letting yourself become vulnerable to life, that's really really beautiful. Because it is real.

I brought up this conversation because women face this every-freakin-day. I hear women complain about weight, boys, pimples and all of the above everyday. And they all feel like they aren't good enough. We will never be good enough if we try for perfection.

Just rest, ladies. You've been fighting too hard. Rest.