Victory Song<\/a>\u201d of total acceptance playing at a steady, consistent hum.<\/p>\nBut I will say this \u2026<\/p>\n
If you think someone is beautiful \u2026 in their sweaty mess, in their laughing fit, in their actions toward others, or in their own radiant light, tell her so.<\/p>\n
If you think someone is beautiful, tell him today; tell him right now.<\/p>\n
They probably will not expect it; they might even doubt it. But for one split second they might consider it.<\/p>\n
And maybe, just maybe, they will see something beautiful, too.<\/p>\n
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We so often overlook our best qualities. We commonly experience tunnel vision straight to the \u201cproblem areas,\u201d instead of seeing our not-so-obvious beautiful features, both inside and out. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nI challenge you to let go of distraction and perfection and grasp what matters by doing these two things:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n1) Consider your own beauty. Take a look. Zero in on something you like about yourself and celebrate that appealing physical (or non-physical) characteristic. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n2) Consider someone else\u2019s beauty. Tell him or her these simple words: \u201cYou are beautiful.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nI welcome you to use this post as a catalyst for those words. Simply use the \u201cshare\u201d button below. Do it today. Do it right now. We so often have the words someone else needs to hear at the exact moment he or she needs to hear it. <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The other day I stopped at Walgreens for a few items. It was an extremely hot day and I had just finished exercising. I would have preferred to at least shower before the quick shopping trip, but sunscreen, band-aids, and an anniversary card could not wait until my once-a-week grocery store excursion. I was comparing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,30,21],"tags":[510,263,508,511,505,509,506,460,507],"gutentor_comment":6,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5315-e1312836857817.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fUJF-Bw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}