“Beauty is a
perspective that is reflected in everything we see.”-Honest
Perspective
“The way we
decide to see the world is the same way we will receive the world.”-Truth
“Sometimes beauty is blurred and marred by
our perspective but what is beautiful to me is no matter how damaged its
definition becomes, we will always continue to search for its truth and
realness.”-GYC
Thoughts on Beauty
May
1, 2013 Endless Dreams Foundation,
Inc and GYC
Girl YOU Crazy launched the What Is Beauty? Campaign (online), and it will
officially be over this Thursday, August 1, 2013.
I hope you all have enjoyed
participating and following the Campaign!!!!
Personally,
the Campaign has been an amazing journey of learning and understanding beauty
deeper… through the eyes of other’s
and myself. It became an experience of recognizing the beauty in overcoming and
realizing your own definition of beauty we live!
Yep, ALL OF THAT!!
Honestly…
How often are YOU asked to define a word that
is used multiples times a day for various reasons that sometimes can only make sense to the person using
it?????
So
when asked in public…
"What is YOUR Definition of Beauty?????"
What
would be your unfiltered, uncensored
response and are you considering those listening to what you have to say???
…
Now
go ahead, fill-in-the-blank:
Beauty is…
GYC Side Note:
The thing
about definitions… if you ever study and/or conduct consumer research
is…whatever definition people give is the definition people believe, and their
response is packed with powerful information about themselves that is to be
considered their truth even if you know the information to be a lie. Everyday
we tell something about ourselves in the definition we speak and live…what
would YOU have your definition to say about you? …Something to think on!
In helping to shape and structure the Campaign with EDF, I
thought of this quote that could bring out this power
message of beauty and our understanding/perspective/feelings/thoughts…
'"I am the definition of beauty' appreciate mine (my definition) as I appreciate
yours."
This quote
identifies/recognizes/acknowledges the fact that we all are beautiful no matter
how we define the word beauty, and how everyone’s definition shall be respected and
appreciated.
The bigger picture
of its message is...it’s NOT what we write down but what we live…it Is Our Truth!
Throughout the Campaign, we gathered multiple quotes and quotes with images relating to beauty directly, indirectly
or simply poetic to exploit and strengthen various thoughts of beauty and where we find
its presence.
But before I fully dive into the rest of this…it is important to
know that the Campaign was set-up to
promote
high self-esteem, confidence and strength, which all ties into the word BEAUTY!
When I was first approached about joining,
EDF’s founder discussed how she found statistics on women having low
self-esteem, and wanted to use the word beauty to inspire and uplift.
So,
as we promoted self-esteem, confidence
and strength…the purpose of the mission/"What Is Beauty? Campaign" was to
fight statistics with our reality.
Beauty relates to self-esteem, confidence and
strength because it’s part of their contents…knowing, owning and walking in
your self-worth!
I learned through this, the extent of which self-esteem relates to beauty and how confidence creates
strength to see beauty in the most difficult times.
Along with Twitter and Facebook, we used Tumblr and Pinterest to reach the community willing to discuss and share their thoughts on beauty!
Here is a snap-shot of The Campaign Tumblr:
The
top 2 posts on The
Campaign Tumblr were…
This found quote
currently has 1,867 notes!
And a quote
from yours truly…
"I am worthy, deserving and enough… And NO
ONE has the right to tell me anything different."-Lauren Alicia
My quote currently has 376 notes!
But
interesting side note… both were posted on the same day, “Count your blessings…” was 1st and
“I am worthy, deserving…” was 2nd!!!
…YOU, ME,
WE never know when people are listening and what they need to hear! Relating
back to the title of this post… “We are a Resource.”
Here is a snap-shot of The Campaign Pinterest Board:
The
“What Is Beauty? Campaign” Pinterest Board is a community of Pinners that
joined and continuously share their thoughts on beauty, strength and
inspiration through quotes, posts and photography!
These 2 platforms expanded my thoughts on
beauty and how it is perceived… Sometimes we don’t know how sensitive something
is until we no longer just think about it but begin to discuss it…
With
that said…
I
thought about answering the questions below but realized… they would be best
pondered/thought about/marked up/answered…by and for yourself…
Maybe one random GYC Moment of
Reminiscing…I’ll post on Facebook my thoughts?!?...Which means if you have yet
to like the Fan Page…well… www.facebook.com/gyc.girlyoucrazy
Please and Thank You!!!
Think
On/Answer these questions for yourself…
Why does self-esteem relate to beauty?
How does confidence relate to beauty?
Can you relate strength to beauty?
"Be,
Love, and Accept… YOURSELF; Then YOU won’t have to question your beauty because
you will see it everyday!"
I'm almost done...
An
open letter to Beauty (journal/GYC style, which means grammar and
punctuation are on an anything-goes format…)…
Dear
Beauty,
So
often we search for you in places that have nothing to do with our truth. We
look for it in acceptance, approval, appearances, and irrelevant surfaces…but
one day we will all genuinely proclaim the truth that is you. The recognition
that you, Beauty are in my self-esteem, you can see it in my confidence, and
reflected in my strength… Sometimes we think that you are so distant from us
because the world has created a marred perspective of you but if we ever took
the time to look in the mirror through our heart, we would see the truth…which
is, your importance was never an outer appearance but a strength that will
always live within… I consider YOU a Vision from the Stem!
I’ll
leave you with this question as YOU, Me, We encourage others and ourselves
daily (also
answered by Rachel Franco
during her interview):
Do you think sometimes we as women find a temporary
confidence in compliments, and what are your thoughts on building a confidence
that doesn't rely/need compliments?
Also…feel free to leave your thoughts in the
comments!
“We all are the definition of beauty…understand and
represent your definition daily!”-Daily Truth Reminder
“Because I know my self-worth, I will celebrate
daily ALL of who I am and let go of what I am not…Standing TALL, STRONG And
CONFIDENT in every situation.”-My Beauty Declaration
THANK YOU!!!
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