Time to Accessorize

Well, thanks to my dear friend Sade, I have now learned how to do things with my hair other than the messy bun. What is that you say Kelsey? Stray away from the messy bun?? No! Oh yes my friends. It is indeed a new day.

And what makes this so great is that I learned how to do cool things for free! Compliments of YouTube and some girl on the other side of the world. Ya, she is cool.

So today I put my own twist on one of the styles I have learned. And.....I put a flower in my hair! Big steps people. First i get this fabulous dress, then I wear a flower in my hair, and the next thing you know I will be running from a transformer in a big city with my hair blowing in the wind and my high heels confidently taking me to my safe destination. Watch out!

Ok, that might be taking it a little far, but i think you get my point.

But then this gets me thinking about the world view of Femininity. What does it really say about the role of women? What should we look like, what we should do for a living...etc. How much do girls let that sink in? Well, let me give you my thoughts on this, since you are already reading :)

Us girls, we pay attention. It might not look like we care, but we know what society is trying to throw on us. We were not born to conform to the media sisters! We need to place our beauty in something greater than all of those perfume ads! (btw, who puts on perfume naked? personally, it is the last thing i do before leaving)

I have been re-reading this book called Authentic Beauty by Leslie Ludy. And in combination with other books that I have read by her, it is teaching me again that I dont need to place my beauty in the shallowness of onlookers eyes. Those people know nothing about me. But what I need to do, what we as women need to do, is to place our identity in Jesus! He knows us. And he thinks that we are beautiful.

To be perfectly honest it is hard to convince yourself that you are beautiful. We revert back to our middle school days (aka what I like to call "the ugly years") (hey, go look at some pictures...) and hear the boys and girls snickering. Maybe, and hopefully, you were not the victim. But, and i am going to go out on a limb here, you probably werent Miss Superstar Sixth Grader. Look past your 6th grade mentality, you are beautiful!!

Do you ever people watch? To be honest, I am not a very good people watcher. It is not that I am always paying attention to myself, i just blame my non-observant skills. (i am sure some ppl would agree!) But, I decided, while I was starting this journey of beauty, to look at everyone and to really see them. (you know like avatar??? ya, i am completely kidding) but seriously, everyone is beautiful. I think it just depends on what area of life they have decided to place their beauty in.

I choose Jesus. The more time i spend with him, the more loved I feel. And in turn, the more beautiful I become.

This is the section of my blog that I would like to insert a little quote or something cool from the book Authentic Beauty. However, I accidentally left it at my house in Conroe. But hey, the thought counted right?

I am sure I will have more thoughts about this, I mean, look how much you have read already! I am sure you will be up for some more :)

Sincerely,
Kelsey.

P.s. you are beautiful.