how come people care so much about what others have to say about them? someone will always have something to say about you whether it’s positive or negative. I love makeup. To me it’s how I express myself; it’s my form of art. some days I have gone to school without makeup and maybe one or two people will tell me I look sick. I just say thankyou and smile. some people will say I look pretty. I say thankyou and smile. some days some people will say I wear too much. i’ll say to each his own because it’s true. really though, who are they to say something about your life? those people who said I looked sick without makeup didn’t make me insecure and those who said I looked pretty didn’t make me secure. another thing, everyone (and I mean everyone) always has something to say about my clothing choices. they always tell me that I show a lot of cleavage and I always say that I don’t. they always refer back to how I’m so Christian and how my clothing choices say otherwise. in my mind I think it’s such a overreaction, it’s ridiculous. who are they to say I’m less of a Christ follower because my boobs are showing a bit? i’m not gonna wear turtlenecks everyday to please these people and i’m not gonna wear low cut shirts everyday either. I honestly just wear what I like, what I’m drawn to, and what’s comfortable. seriously, think about it. this world is so consumed with what others think that they mold into what they want them to be, not what they want to be. my confidence is found in something much greater than them and my worth is far more than makeup or “low cut” shirts. i’ve learned that following Christ and realizing that He bought me with such a high price, that He treasures and values me, and that He thinks I’m beautiful (even on my worst of worst days) is far beyond what any person could tell me or make me feel—positive or negative. when you have confidence and security in something greater than yourself, no one can make you feel inferior. wear as much makeup as you want. wear as little makeup as you want. dress how you want. do your hair as you want. follow your dreams. don’t live for people who you’re never going to please no matter what you do.
0 notes // reblogit’s weird. I think I’m a pretty confident person, with and without makeup on. And I think I carry myself well. But recently when people have been complimenting me, I’ll say, “thank you!” but in my head I’m like “ew no.” It’s almost like my mind is battling with the mirror and myself. I know I’m fearfully and wonderfully made but sometimes I just look in the mirror like.. “ugh, I look disgusting today,” “why is that pimple there?” “I don’t look pretty enough.” Most of the time I don’t even recognize I’m saying these things to put myself down. It just automatically happens… I need to get back to my confident self and find out why negative thoughts flood my mind when I look in the mirror. I can’t let negativity win.
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