This morning as I stepped into my favourite coffee shop I was greeted by one of my fellow morning ‘regulars’. A most pleasant lady with the most beautiful perfectly imperfect hair. Yes! The kind that most of us girls wish we had.
Funnily she greeted me saying ‘I thought of you this morning as I woke up’.
Wow! I thought. ‘How come?’ I asked.
She smiling said ‘I woke up with my hair looking like a bird’s nest and I thought I would see you this morning with your perfect hair’.
Life is so funny isn’t it.
‘Funny you would say so.’ I replied. ‘As I am here saying my hair looks like a mop too’. Yeah! Us girls no matter what age, are always so hard on our appearance.
Ladies! Own yourselves, flaws and all, because ‘owning yourself’ is what makes all the difference and the ingredient that will put the ‘pep in your step’.
I mentioned this morning because I am realizing that everybody that knows me has the same thing to say about me and I love it. Even if they know me casually. Yes I love it! The good, bad and ugly. I love the fact that people would say ‘I saw a dress that looks like you’. ‘You are so disgusting!’. ‘You nuh easy you nuh’. ‘Your hair always looks good’. ‘Why you don’t behave yourself..’. ‘You are just too frank’. ‘You don’t have any behaviour’.
I love it all.
I am at the point in my life where I am totally honest with myself, being my own leading lady and sitting in the front seat of my life and driving it. More than ever I appreciate the little things in my life and I cherish the moments so often taken for granted and have accepted my imperfections. I often say ‘God didn’t make us different so we can be the same’.
Many days I find myself thanking God for allowing my Mama to choose me. Lord! What a day that was. I don’t even remember, but me in my feisty and cantankerous way is being the happy person my Mama supported me to be. I ain’t never got time for foolishness and I now realise it’s getting worse. If I am going to put up with any foolishness it better be coming from me.
I told someone recently ‘I am sorry, but you are meeting me at the most honest time of my life’. I still so hate to hurt people’s feelings (well most people don’t know this about me), so I do try as much never to give unsolicited advice or comments (unless its a joke of course). Please don’t ask me to comment on something unless you really want my ‘truth’. Believe me I try…I own myself. Lol
How can it be that everyone says the same thing about me?
Well, it’s because I am ‘Wearing My Own Clothes’. Yeah! My Style! My thoughts! My Weakness! My Imperfections! etc. etc. and most of all, My size!
Are you wearing your own clothes?
Reposted with permission from www.tesoroliving.blogspot.com – written by Camry Cane
