When “pretty” really is never pretty enough
The pressure to look like everyone else is such a hassle. The pressure to have prettier eyes, skin, hair, body shape, and everything else. So why is everyone always so pressured to look different than they are. “The pretty girls have is better.” “The handsome boys have it better.” Why do we think like that. Well honestly, I don’t know because I do the same. “I wish I was prettier.” “I wish I had pretty blue eyes.” “I wish I had bigger hips.” Why can’t we be happy with what we have? “Butterflies can’t see their wings. They can’t see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well.” -Naya Riveria. Where like butterflies. We can’t see our own wings but other can. Other people can see that your pretty or handsome but you can’t. Im sitting here writing this while im not even taking advice. I do wish i was prettier, i do wish i looked different. So why is pretty never pretty enough for anyone.
Believe you can and you're halfway there" - Theodore Roosevelt
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Beautiful Shine of Faith
When swirls of sadness swamp the heart
And vile men hold lovers apart,
When clouds of anguish grip the mind
And one`s path in life one can`t find,
When the spirit is at low tide
And no one can serve as a guide,
It`s time faith in oneself to light
And seek its shine that`s sparkling bright.
Self-Confidence
Is the first step
To success
When you believe
In yourself
You open doors
To endless possibilities.
Don’t you dare rock the boat!
Get in line, sweet, poet kitten.
Or find yourself, under our mote,
With leather gloves. you’ll be smitten!
Just pretend life is perfect and fun.
You must pay homage to us, each morn
Lest we show you the door, and then some.
These are our stern rules, do not ignore!
The poet did this for five years straight.
She ran out of things to pen, beautiful!
What if she decided to change her fate?
And write for her God, who is immutable!
6/23/2024
Carnival and playmate in orange
Preening , twirling, whirling swirling,
Flashing, crashing, but never gnashing
Is she a clown or a comic?
Does she know all of her strengths?
Is her fabulous self-confidence catching?
I decide to stand closer, in case it is.
Watching the movie "Wizard of the Oz”, what do I see,
Cowardly lion does not have courage,
"Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave?",
'What others have got that I ain't got with lack of self-confidence? '
'What others have got that I ain't got with lack of self-confidence?'
Whenever I tried to create my image,
I felt ignored, lonely, and found no one listening to my nervous voice,
Fearful and hurt, I was losing my self-confidence.
Fearful and hurt, I was losing my self-confidence,
Till I heard the voice, Look over your audience,
Speak your heart out, let the people hear in silence,
Think of the ways to build your self-confidence.
Think of the ways to build the self-confidence,
Overcome the despair with the visions of hope,
Overcome the fear with acts of self-assurance,
As a last act, think you are as superior than anyone else.
Acknowledge yourself first~~ stop searching for it !
Man in a hood,
sparking light on the sun
pick peak of wood
camping might just too fun.
In Shah Alam's pavement,
calm down with me
eagerly makes movement
sink on the teeth.
I need some food,
don't destroy my own physis
like pardon of thy thesis
care what I stood.
Too fast or too slow,
like my life just low.
look at the power of apollo,
counting constellation of astro.
On reality, goes up to Atman,
En Masse someway
Dasein someday
On ability, become a Brahman.
Unfortunately, I didn't find my spark,
lonely yet bulky, stuck the past at park.
Truly lost my identity, in glooming states,
But hope still carry on the hint, like what I takes.
Let me breath freely,
Let me heal fully,
Let me touch the sky ,
Let me fly so high,
Just once.
Let me see the light,
Let me tell how it felt,
Let me out of this cage,
Let me catch the butterflies,
Just once.
Let me do what I want
And how I wanna live,
Let me be free for a day,
Let me forget the pain,
Just once.
It started when I had no shape,
At home or school no place to escape.
People judged me and mocked my fate.
It was so terrible, Yes!! I was overwieght.
Concealed myself behind that door,
Trapped by the walls that helped me ignore.
Thinking of ways to aid me and raise,
Resolve ,restrict to impose me a praise.
One night I decided to just rearrange,
By climbing the stairs and plates exchanged.
All my time and efforts it took,
Hoping to see my new good look.
And when I stepped one day on the scale ,
I stared at it from glowy pink to yellow pale.
I pulled myself together very soon,
I threw what i acquired that smaller spoon.
Now I knew what I realy needed indeed,
That confidence and glare and upright feet.
The belly fat is not what i gotta get rid of,
But the notions of people were just to be tossed off!
One day I saw a meme that said “When you are HER, you never gotta worry about them” ….
I say, “when you are HER, you don’t worry about them.”
I say “when you are HER, you shouldn’t worry about them.”
I say “when you are HER, you never worry about them.”
I am HER
Sis, you are HER for HIM.
It is written, Genesis, chapter 2, verse 22 “He brought HER”
HER, HER, HER
“At last” (My love has come along), “Finally” (It has happened to me) Bone of my bone. Flesh of my flesh. He knew HER.
HER man will know HER.
I am HER
If he does not recognize HER, she is not his HER
Still, she is HER
Sis, we are all HER for HIM
In a past life, she didn’t know HER. She allowed him, they & them to access HER benefits but they, him & them were of no benefit to HER, just wanted to benefit from HER because she’s beneficial and has always been official.
Now she knows HER
Now she loves HER
Apple of Gods' eye, Beloved of the Most High
She is more precious than rubies, clothed with strength & dignity, energetic & strong. Proverbs 31 woman is she
She is me and I am HER
He has got obstinate disorder whispered the wind
Too stubborn to change; will not even begin.
His brothers and sisters have changed to yellow and red.
He says he will remain green until the day he is dead.
The forest wind is getting louder, angry now you see.
Wanting the leaf to understand how autumn should be.
He has an individual life plan, share the root of the tree.
He wants to remain green as the bile in his knee.
They accommodated him but tried to coax him to switch colors.
He dropped off in autumn wind with his sisters and brothers.
But he was still a solid green, which was his ultimate goal.
A spring leaf who refused to transmogrify his self-confident soul.
she livened the world
with her songs
one day the hippo
heard her sing
he looked up
and insulted her beak
she stared at her reflection
in the water
the hippo was right
she was one ugly fowl
she was one ungifted bird
she swore never to come out again
she swore never to sing again
while she sits still
the world is silent
waiting for nightingale
to sing
You can not love someone in parts
It is not fair to judge
the worst of someone new
against the best of someone in your past
And darling, that includes yourself
I feel pretty, oh, so pretty.
I feel pretty and witty and BRIGHT!
I know this is from a musical.
I am singing it loudly now. Not sure which one.
It does not matter.
I have never looked so fantastic.
I catch my eye in the mirror and sing more loudly.
I cannot wait for the girls to see my new necklace.
I look fancy today.
I grin at myself.
I am beautiful!
Has self-confidence ever looked this terrific?
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