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Monday, 29 August 2011
Embracing who you are: Embracing who you are: I received this photo...
Embracing who you are: Embracing who you are: I received this photo...: Embracing who you are: I received this photo in an email today. The... : I received this photo in an email today. The email con...
Embracing who you are: I received this photo in an email today. The...
Embracing who you are: I received this photo in an email today. The...: I received this photo in an email today. The email contained photos of a variety of beautiful birds and this one caught my attention....
I received this photo in an email today. The email contained photos of a variety of beautiful birds and this one caught my attention. If you look carefully, or even at first glance, you would notice the red splotches which adorn the chest area. It was on of the most remarkable but yet attractive feathers I had ever seen, and perhaps because the 'bleeding heart pigeons' as they are called, are indeed unique. The bright red might be considered a unattractive characteristic for many and even thought of as an 'ugly' sight since it does give the illusion that the birds are bleeding.
Then I began to reflect on us, humans. What are our 'bright red splotches' about ourselves that we disdain, that we consider to be unattractive, hideous? Is it your eyes, nose, teeth, your hair colour, acne? The truth, is most of us secretly do carry concerns about our physical appearance and sadly even to the point where we may hate ourselves because of it.
We live in a society which constantly bombards us daily about what we 'should' look like, plunging many to make physical changes which, in fact, is our God-given characteristic. We are told what beauty should look like but not how to embrace beauty as it already exists. No one, no human is a copy of another. We were uniquely designed that way; God's design. How many of us, as these birds would quickly seek ways to bleach and get rid of the red feathers because we looked at other pigeons and believe we were meant to look like them?
Begin to see yourself as I see these two lovely birds, as attractive, unique awesome creatures. The truth is, without those red highlights on the breast area, they would look so ordinary, like the pigeons we see everyday. Their ' bleeding' chest actually made me view this picture several times in complete admiration. So, embrace yourself, love that unique quality; shine! Embrace your God- given beauty; there is only one you in the world. Embrace who you are.......
Shine!
Then I began to reflect on us, humans. What are our 'bright red splotches' about ourselves that we disdain, that we consider to be unattractive, hideous? Is it your eyes, nose, teeth, your hair colour, acne? The truth, is most of us secretly do carry concerns about our physical appearance and sadly even to the point where we may hate ourselves because of it.
We live in a society which constantly bombards us daily about what we 'should' look like, plunging many to make physical changes which, in fact, is our God-given characteristic. We are told what beauty should look like but not how to embrace beauty as it already exists. No one, no human is a copy of another. We were uniquely designed that way; God's design. How many of us, as these birds would quickly seek ways to bleach and get rid of the red feathers because we looked at other pigeons and believe we were meant to look like them?
Begin to see yourself as I see these two lovely birds, as attractive, unique awesome creatures. The truth is, without those red highlights on the breast area, they would look so ordinary, like the pigeons we see everyday. Their ' bleeding' chest actually made me view this picture several times in complete admiration. So, embrace yourself, love that unique quality; shine! Embrace your God- given beauty; there is only one you in the world. Embrace who you are.......
Shine!
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