Florida vacation airport rewrite - not the prettiest

Hi darlins! I'm sitting in Montreal airport typing today's blog post for you all... once again i had no idea what to write and thought about a re-post because my head is aching so bad I would like to be sick but as I read over the post I was going to put up again I had a flash of genius! Well, okay, maybe not genius but something... Haha! Anyway this post is more of a rewrite of "Not the Prettiest" instead of just a mindless re-post. 

I am under no illusions, I know I'm not usually the prettiest woman in the room.  I wish I was one of those people with the exotic vibe or the dark hair and striking blue eyes... I would even settle to be one of the girls with the hair that never looks messy or always has a Colgate smile.  It's just not me, I hold my own as far as self presentation most of the time - you know, present the best version of you to the world sort of thing - I always try but I am just normal...

Some things you have I may not, and some things I have you may not... But I've come to realize one thing is very important - possibly most important - and the great news is: we can all possess or acquire it!  I know it's a cliché but the most important part of beauty is on the inside.  I know, beauty on the inside can't make that wart on the nose disappear and no matter how much we wish it would help that snaggle-tooth, it's not gonna happen... That takes money, ha!  Just as much as that "inner beauty" can't help the outside; our "outside beauty" cannot hide "inner ugly."  (Can I get an amen from men and women alike who have almost slipped in the puddle of drool from that GQ/Vogue model that just crossed our path but once they've opened their mouth a couple of times the troll appeared and we couldn't believe there was any attraction in the first place? "AMEN!")

"No amount of makeup can conceal an ugly heart..." tweeted by TheSingleWoman

We all have a little bit of "people pleaser" in us but we can't allow ourselves to worry about pleasing people to the point we forget about who we are on the inside... Or never find out who we are to become because we were too busy trying to be what everyone else expects us to be.  And just an interjection... We are all still on that road to becoming (unless we've given up or gotten lost) and no matter how great we are there is some area we just haven't "arrived" yet.  So I'm not talking about perfection... Instead I'm talking about awareness of that inner beauty and those little quirks we still have to work on, an honesty with ourselves that we are not perfect and finally a commitment to ourselves on becoming more beautiful with a plan to work on it each day.

I don't know what that area is for you, I'm not sure what buttons get pushed for you or what chip you have on your shoulder that causes you to lose sight of who you want to be and the importance of being a "good person" and "beautiful person" at your core... I know it's not fun to talk about, think about or worse yet, be told about (which has happened to me on a couple of occasions)... I know your initial reaction is anger, an excuse or two, to point out fault with everyone else around then to sweep your "not so serious as their issue" under the proverbial rug... But let's not do that this time... Let's take a minute and give thought to some things we want to change about who we are on the inside and then put those thoughts into action and change ourselves! 

You may or may not know I have been in Florida for a couple of weeks on family vacation with eight other family members (my mom comes from a family of 19 siblings so that's easy for us haha -Bustards.) while in Florida I noticed something about myself that's not so pretty... I get really sarcastic when I'm cooped up with the same people for too long and although I normally think of my sarcasm as witty and endearing if overused (which I have to admit was the case this vacation) it can border on ugly and it's definitely something I need to and will work on! I know I'm joking and the people who "get me" do as well but I need to be sensitive to those who may not know me well enough to discern when I'm using sarcasm or not... I'm reminded of Sheldon on Big Bang Theory all of a sudden! Ha! (I'll be posting a video for you at the end of this post so you can be in on this humour!) I am just like you, I haven't arrived but I've been working on my inner beauty for a while and I'm proud of how far I've come, it's really important to me.  Inner beauty is what makes you a great friend, daughter/son, mother/father, soul mate and person in general.  The reason I'm sharing this thought is to try to inspire you to recognize and admit your own ugly tendencies and work on you while I work on me!  It really is important and more than that, it will actually make you feel better about yourself which is an area most of us could use a boost in. After a little while of working on it you will see progress (I encourage a journal of some sort to keep you on track and encouraged) and start to appreciate the journey, it will give you something to be proud of and to encourage others with! Let's do this :o)