Beauty in the Breakdown

The dictionary and society define the word beautiful (adj): pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically. 

possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, here, think about, etc; delighting the senses or mind.

Some synonyms include: attractive, pretty, handsome, good-looking, alluring, prepossessing, 

Society teaches us that being beautiful is the definition of success.

They equate beauty with happiness.

I am here to challenge this fact.

No one is perfect. Not even the supermodels.

And being beautiful isn't everything.

Be MORE than beautiful.

Be-YOU-tiful

Not just in your outward appearance but let your inner beauty shine brighter and make you even more lovely on the outside. Use beautiful as a noun. Act beautiful. Speak beautiful words. Do beautiful things. Be mindful of the beautiful life we live. Find beauty in the breakdown.

"You are proof that life is beautiful."

"Nothing beautiful asks for attention."

"That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste."

-John Green

"You can't spell beautiful without be you."

"The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see beauty in others."

"Is fat really the worst thing a human being can be? Is fat worse than vindictive, jealous, shallow, vain, boring, evil, or cruel? Not to me."

-J.K. Rowling

"I will not compare myself to strangers on the internet."

"Butterflies cannot see their wings. But the rest of the world can."

"You. You are beautiful and while you may not see it, we can."

"Writing is an underestimated art, you are painting colorful images in people's minds by using words of black and white."

"It's beautiful, isn't it? How it all hurts but we never give up."

"If the words you spoke appeared on your skin, would you still be beautiful?"

"...that's the most beautiful thing in the world when two people become fluent in choosing one another."

"Sweet one, why do you think these thoughts? You are everything. Courageous and brave. Intelligent and witty. There is a fire in your soul, burning so bright the stars are jealous. You will find your way, I promise think about it. Think about saving yourself. Your spiritual self. Your gut self. Your singing magical self and your beautiful self. Save it. Don't join the dead-in-spirit. Maintain yourself with humor and grace and finally, if necessary, wager yourself as you struggle. Damn the odds, damn the price. Only you can save yourself. Do it! Do it! Then you'll know exactly what I am talking about."

-Charles Bukowski

"The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage."

"Girl, we need you to be the very best version of who God created you to be. Not her."

-Carly Lynn

"Challenge the lies you've told yourself."

-TWLOHA

 I love this picture of me. I feel like I look beautiful... inside and out. A real princess.

 Haha I found this silly picture on Brie's computer. It was 2015. Jude's 1st birthday party. It was Harry Potter themed and that was me being sorted wearing the sorting hat.

This picture was taken in Yellowstone on a weekend getaway with Brie and Tyson in June 2015. It was soon after my ex husband and I broke up and I got out of the hospital after miraculously recovering from liver failure.

 Can you say DARK hair?! 2011ish? Also found on Brie's computer.

Brie, Jude, and I in 2015 right before my world fell to pieces.

Isn't it crazy and surreal to find pictures of yourself that you had no idea existed? 

They are beautiful... not because of the people in them but because of the stories, the moments. the texture that makes them gorgeous.

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.

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