What a difference between how each lady viewed herself... vs. how each were viewed by complete strangers!
We spend so much time worrying over and obsessing about and looking at and dissecting the things we find NOT QUITE right about ourselves, when in actually, we should be reveling in the awesomeness that is each of us.
In fact, I think we each need to find ourselves a THEME SONG.
Back in the 1990's I loved the TV show, Ally McBeal, and one of the episodes, called "Theme of Life," involved Ally coming up with a theme song to make her feel empowered (she chose "Tell Him" which was covered by Vonda Shepard on the show). I like that idea of having your own theme song - or a bunch of them!!
It's a running joke among my kids' friends (and my friends), that when I introduce myself, I tell them my name is "Maggie Is Awesome," "Darth Magius," or "Magius Malfoy." The Star Wars and Harry Potter junkies crack up - and the littler kids just sit there pondering if "Is Awesome" is my true last name. But it is pretty darn awesome when I show up to volunteer in my sons' classrooms, and a bunch of kids wave and say "HI, MAGGIE-IS-AWESOME!!" What a feeling!
I have a playlist on iTunes called "AWESOME, I AM" (not specifically Yoda-speak, but I wanted it to be at the top of the list so I needed something that started with "A."). These are the songs on the list:
- Titanium - David Guetta
- Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
- I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
- SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
- Sexy And I Know It - LMFAO
- I Know You Want Me - Calle Ocho
- The Fighter - feat Ryan Tedder
- Survivor/I Will Survive - Glee Cast
- Because I'm Awesome - The Dollyrots (yes, that's an actual song!)
- This Is Your Life - Switchfoot
- U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
- Good Life - OneRepublic
- The Champ - Nelly
My sixth grader would also tell me that no "Awesome Rock" mix would be complete without "Remember The Name" by The Rising Tied. :)
Some songs are silly - some are serious - but all of them give me a little lift in my step and remind me that I AM awesome... just like you.
And if that doesn't help boost your self-esteem, consider that GOD looks at you and sees not your flaws, but an amazing masterpiece that He created:
Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother's womb.
I thank you, High God—you're breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I'd even lived one day.
you formed me in my mother's womb.
I thank you, High God—you're breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I'd even lived one day.
Psalm 139:13-16, The Msg
Like the video states at the end: you are more beautiful than you think.
And, as GOD reminds us through His Word: You are fearfully and WONDERFULLY made.
Own it.
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