Becoming OK With Who You Are

North American society is not a conducive place to become at peace with yourself. It is impossible to get out any grocery store without being told how to lose weight, how to get a relationship, how to have a better relationship, what all the things that you need to have to be happy are. It doesn't tell you how to be alright with how you look, or to be thankful that you are exactly the way you are. The only thing promoted in North America is the inability to be happy with who you are. We are not allowed to be at peace with ourselves.

It became apparent to me that this is not healthy way to live. I can't be the one who is always on a diet, always seeking to change my image, seeking a boyfriend to find completion, seeking a husband so that I won't be alone. I won't be that person anymore. I won't question myself. I am exactly as I was created to be.

I don't need a guy to make myself whole. I don't need to lose weight to be beautiful. "The person in the mirror doesn't look like a magazine, but when I look at you, it's clear to me that I can see the fingerprints of God." I am exactly as I was created to be. Somedays it's hard to remember that, but I am me. I don't need to change to be that.