Was chatting this morning with roomie as we went through her pictures together. She mentioned someting about trying to be a tomboy at a point because she felt she was not pretty (you need to see her eyes). I found some similarity between the both of us cos I went through the same thing. Early teenage years were hard on me and self-esteem. I changed school and retreated to a very introverted shell, hid my potentials, was secretive (though others could share with me), I was never really convinced that I was beautiful cos I wasn't treated favourably, wasn't really in vogue, classmates made fun of me, my peers didn't really roll with me cos I wasn't a big girl, no boy openly admitted that he liked me and so on. I had a handful, you can say that again.
But here am I today *singing* 'So I'm over it noooow, over it now, I can't say how but I'm over it.' But I think I can say how. It was God's immeasurable love for me that transformed the way I see myself. I now see myself the way He sees me. And I've decided to stick with his view because it's not a make believe but the truth cos he created me and was pleased with what He did. Now, I walk with my head high, dress and appear with confidence, and can say "I'm fly"
