I cam e across this article today and something about it bothered me. I thought about it for a while, because I have seen many articles like this in the past. They all say basically the same thing, girls need to feel smart and know that beauty isn't important. It's so mixed up though, it not about smart or beautiful. I know a girl who feels beautiful, but dumb, a girl who feels smart, but ugly, and then the one that feels neither ugly, nor dumb, she just feels happy. What's the difference? It's not the way her parents taught her, it's not the way society spoke to her as opposed to her sister or neighbor or class mate. It's about the way she feels about herself. She feels beautiful whether others agree or not, she feels smart not because she gets straight A's but because she feels ok just doing her best. My highest hope for my children is not for them to feel hansom and beautiful, it's not for them to feel smarter then everyone else, it is simply this, that they feel confident with themselves.
God created each of us just the way we are, the way we look, how smart we are, the gifts that we have, they are all what God wants us to have and with His help we can be all He wants us to be. Confidence can take you places good looks and brains can't get you alone.What do you think?
