Smile for the Camera

Shocker, another post coming from my blog.  I know, I really only post one a month typically, Today, I felt I needed to share this great article with you all.

I’m one of the vainest people I have ever met. No really, I am. I won’t wear shorts, because everyone will notice my fat white legs with varicose veins.  I won’t wear a bathing suit either. Why? Everyone is looking at me and commenting on how bad I look in it.  Oh and I can’t wear that dress either, I’m too fat for it.  Stripes not having it either, it will make me look wider.

To pose for a picture is like sending me on a death sentence. I hate having photos of me.  Yet I love looking at photos of others and the great time they are having with life.

Carly Simon’s song “You’re So Vain” really strikes a chord with me today too.  Well, the refrain part anyway. Do you remember it?

“You’re so vain, you probably think this song is about you

You’re so vain, I’ll bet you think this song is about you

Don’t you? Don’t You?”

I just had the pleasure of reading an article today that made me stop short. This article was posted on Facebook. It was published through The Huffington Post. Here is the link.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/teresa-s-porter/so-youre-feeling-too-fat-to-be-photographed_b_4351360.html

I encourage everyone to read it.

We by nature are our own worst critic.  We need to learn to truly love ourselves. We can “fix” our image to the outside world. However, what is most important is fixing our image in our own little world.

We are created in God’s image. We are given free will over our body and mind. I think we need to adjust our thinking, and see the beauty within ourselves.

So I will attempt to smile more for the camera, and photo bomb others.  What a site that will be.  Hopefully when people see those pictures, they will smile and say, “She’s sure having a good time”. Life is short, you decide how you want to live it.

Proverbs 19:8The Voice (VOICE)

8 Whoever gains a wise heart loves his own soul,

and whoever preserves understanding experiences true goodness.