There was a time in my teenage years when I truly believed there were things about my body I didn’t like. One time,it was my lips, I felt my lips were too thin, I had two friends back then and both of them had full lower lips,as much as I had never believed I was not a ‘fine girl’, I just thought, if only I had full lips,I would be very beautiful. Another part of my body I did not really appreciate so much was my feet, I have large feet, I wear US size 11w or 12,usually would depend on the designer, I would see a beautiful pair of shoes and look at it longingly but I realized most times that it just seemed like beautiful shoes were not made with large feet in mind, so I would just admire the shoes and move on.I was unhappy about the size of my feet for a while till one day, I had just had a pedicure,it was in my early twenties and after having a coating of nail polish done,I took a picture of my feet and looked at it, I took a really long look at that picture and I was truly surprised that it was my right foot I was staring at,I had been so focused on how large my feet were that I had never really seen how beautiful they looked, for days I would glance at my feet and smile, there after,I decided my feet were perfect just the way they are. Do not get me wrong, once in a while,I still get to see that beautiful shoe that has me drooling and I just sigh and move on after asking if it is available in my size and they say no. I roll my eyes and just move on.
As for my lips,I remember I would line my lips to give it some illusion of fullness when I began to wear make-up,I would stare longingly at people with full lips,this continued for a while,almost all through my teenage years. I don’t know at what point exactly I began to love my lips,now I have come to appreciate my lips,my lips are just the right size for my face and when I wear my red lipstick,I look in the mirror and a vain,silly smile just tugs at the corner of my lips .If anyone had told me in my teenage years that I would one day wear red lipstick, I would recoil at the idea,red lipstick was for people with full lips. Funny how red lipstick is my favourite now. I guess I grew up and also the fact that I have never been one to dwell too much on looks per se, I have never relied on my looks to get me anything,instead, I learn everyday to develop myself and improve the quality of human I am.
I am sure we have all had things in life we have dealt with, one insecurity or the other about our bodies, our abilities, talents and gifts. Sometimes,you wonder if you are good enough, you wonder if you truly deserve some of the things you have, sometimes,you doubt yourself and in doing so,you learn to be less than you really should be. I believe that as human beings,as the creation of God,we have abilities beyond even what we explore or are willing to explore, there are times you find yourself too afraid to do some things because somehow you have convinced yourself that things like that are not meant for people like you, why? because you feel you are not beautiful enough,tall enough?slim enough,fat enough,intelligent enough,spiritual enough, rich enough or even good enough? Truth is, YOU ARE ENOUGH.You are everything enough,learn to accept yourself,grow yourself,develop yourself more and you may just find out that you are really more than enough.
This is me saying to you, Be happy.

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