How many times have you thought about being naked? Or so, have you ever thought about your own nakedness-- unclad, bare-skinned, and transparent? And when you have, what did you see and how did you feel about it?
This entry has been inspired by Amy Bloom in her article from Oprah.com. Glory is to God for his never-ending inspiration through other people’s writings.
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It’s not so often that we think of ourselves stripped off from our shoulder straps and our plaid printed pajamas heading to our bathrooms, washing up, and stepping out with our body half-ly covered with towel. People barely talk about nakedness in its literal sense and within the limits of it. Frequently, the scenes that follow in their minds are the ones that become daily challenge to men and women alike. But that’s a separate point in question.
Amy Bloom said she went from pajamas to underwear to clothes every morning and back the other way every night. And no one had said anything to her about what a good time was to be had between pajamas and underwear. I thought with her experience that many of us, people in our subliminal sense still pass around the pleasant feeling of being at peace with our own brand of nakedness. Most of the time what we see in the mirror turns out to be unfavorable. It’s hardly ever that we come close to the mirror and see ourselves naked and smiling at the same time. Some of us would only notice the cellulites that crowd in our hind end or the freckles and pimples that lay proudly across our face.
Amy Bloom said she went from pajamas to underwear to clothes every morning and back the other way every night. And no one had said anything to her about what a good time was to be had between pajamas and underwear. I thought with her experience that many of us, people in our subliminal sense still pass around the pleasant feeling of being at peace with our own brand of nakedness. Most of the time what we see in the mirror turns out to be unfavorable. It’s hardly ever that we come close to the mirror and see ourselves naked and smiling at the same time. Some of us would only notice the cellulites that crowd in our hind end or the freckles and pimples that lay proudly across our face.
Fit yourself around the confident few. If you’re not assured with how you look, it will obviously show. God for certain didn’t make a mistake in molding you into how you naturally look today. He’s the best of the best creators more than the famous sculptors and painters. He has the most perfect description of a human body. He made you exactly how you look. But he sure didn’t make you exactly how you feel with how you look. See the difference? And maybe what I’m trying to say is, it can be all about attitude.
Feeling unhappy about the way you look might have started since you were young.
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Something or someone might have probably triggered your negative self-regard and shoot down your positive belief about your naked features. But who are we yet to blame? It can never help us look like how we want to, anyway. What we can do that’ll sure make us be at peace with our naked self is to start changing our attitude.
Notice a woman who seems to have all of men’s attention. She may not be that attractive but she has a full acceptance of herself and how she looks. That woman most likely had a very affirmative view of herself. State of mind, that’s one of the major keys. How your mind carries everything will reflect as to how you carry yourself in the outward. Feel good and you will look good.
If you believe that you can look as good as anyone else, your body will adjust. But that doesn’t mean of course that you continuously compare yourself with others. You can never look like them. Confidence can even be very sexy. It may not be easy to be confident when we see our naked self with all the evident imperfections. But realize that everyone else has his own set of imperfections. Your ability to see yourself smiling and confident despite your flaws can be very powerful.
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Stop struggling for the perfect face with the perfect shape of body. You might end your life sooner not because you had naked imperfections but because of your too much vanity about your imperfections and because of your naked disbelief. I don’t say it’s wrong to get a good hygiene, dress good, smell good or put on a little color to brighten up your face. God will surely appreciate that we know how to take care of ourselves. Although “taking care of ourselves” is different from “vanity”.
And if someone else doesn’t make you feel good about yourself, leave and forget about that person. We cannot always rely on our own understanding about things, that’s why God is there for us to seek. Let’s ask for his grace that we may be able to make the most of what he gave us.
Thank God for giving you dark skin, you get yourself a natural moisturizer to get you glowing. Thank God for giving you curly hair, some people still go to the parlor to get the same hairstyle. And if you’re either too fat or too thin, be happy and thank God still, others are dying just to get the same body to top off the biggest modeling runway. You can ask for his guidance in working on it. Eat right, exercise, not because you hate yourself but because you want to live longer and enjoy what life actually has to offer. And above all, be thankful that you’re still alive and have all the chances to improve.
Thank God for giving you dark skin, you get yourself a natural moisturizer to get you glowing. Thank God for giving you curly hair, some people still go to the parlor to get the same hairstyle. And if you’re either too fat or too thin, be happy and thank God still, others are dying just to get the same body to top off the biggest modeling runway. You can ask for his guidance in working on it. Eat right, exercise, not because you hate yourself but because you want to live longer and enjoy what life actually has to offer. And above all, be thankful that you’re still alive and have all the chances to improve.
Nakedness is how we came into this world and it’s time that we appreciate our beautiful bareness, said Arielle Loren.
Give your naked spirit a fair lift. Here's a video of a TV commercial that really called my attention about how everyone in the world deserves an equally positive view of self.
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Image/ Video Credits:
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Dove True Colors Super Bowl XL Commercial, youtube.com
