Okay, so I’ve pretty much turned away from celeb culture media etc… I don’t read magazines , watch T.V -look at what is in. I go with my own style. In these last 5 years where I don’t know/ care to know who I should be following looks/music/lifestyle wise – what is the best shade of hair colour to have, shoes to wear. I have come to terms with me and my reflection.
When I see a picture of me or me ready to go out . These days I’m impressed with the person smiling back. I go out looking good and feeling good and laughing and connecting with people in a true, authentic way. I’m truly happier these days. A recent post I published Perfectly flawed where I put a pic up of me and my new found acceptance of my flawed teeth. Basically, I took a pic of myself with my new phone to check out how good the camera is and the pic I most liked was the one I was showing my true self. I see that is what makes me me and I am beautiful.
I see girls trying to cover up their freckles and skin colour. Their eyebrows! Girls have walking caterpillars plastered on too their faces these days. What the hell? What did I miss? and thank fuck for it. Their beautiful complexions. Hiding what truly makes them tick and the self hatred is clear and furious and I feel pity. I feel anger that my sisters don’t seem to be waking up quickly enough to the Western disease of ‘ you are not right – never will be.. unless you look… wear …. do…. ‘
I feel free that I am not caught up too much in that whole superficial world any more and when I start to doubt that I may be deluding myself .I receive the most incredible feedback from Eve Messenger who introduces me to a new philosophy.
WABI-SABI
I am not deluded. I am enlightened. This concept of embracing my flaws is one that is alive and already out there. I put myself out there, stayed with it and found my flow spin out in a new positive direction. The more I challenge societies expectations of what it is to be a happy me living in my world, the more I have become open to how wonderful and amazing I truly am.
Embrace wabi sabi – no, not that green stuff you eat with sushi but just as soul cleansing and refreshing.
Join me in the wabi sabi revolution. Dare to be you!
4 responses to “perfectly flawed”
[…] people in a true, authentic way. I’m truly happier these days. A recent post I published Perfectly flawed where I put a pic up of me and my new found acceptance of my flawed teeth. Basically, I took a […]
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Love Wabi sabi…. a new philosophy for me to embrace wholeheartedly . Thank you so much xx
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Yes, absolutely beautiful, and I’m inspired by your ability to not only NOT fear what is different about you, but to embrace it. You mention Japanese culture in your blog, so you probably already know about this, but your powerful post here reminds me of Japanese wabi-sabi, the philosophy of beauty in the flaws.
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NO, I have not heard of it, Eve. looking it up as I type. I first thought you typed wasabi :D…. The longer I turn my back on mainstream media and the celeb world the more beauty I find in almost every single person who is not in a magazine or plastered and doctored to look like someone/anyone else but themselves. Thanks for the affirmation that there is true beauty to b found in our so called flaws x
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