Beautiful As WE Are
Yesterday, I
had the opportunity to speak to over 1,000 women---correction sisters at NEW,
the Network of Executive Leadership Summit. This is a collective of sisters and
some brothers who work in in Consumer Package Goods and The Retail Industry and
are committed to the recruitment, advancement and retention of women.
The room was
full of beautiful people, one just as beautiful as the next, but as the night
went on I noticed something that will take me through the rest of my life. As the
room of beautiful people became more and more connected, these beautiful people
became even more radiant.
At first I
thought it was just me, but someone else mentioned it and I knew that I was no
longer seeing with my eyes, I was seeing with my heart.
During the
reception, a woman told me that she would make sure that her friend started
reading my blog, “She’s not feeling beautiful anymore,” the woman had said.
When she did, I knew that I’d have my
topic for today. As I stood there talking to folks I realized what I had only
previously pondered; “Beauty is as it believes.”
In a room of over 1,000 people who
were connected in purpose and love, the beauty meter went up. The more
connected we were, the more beautiful we became.
What if we truly
are a reflection of one another and of our own heart?
What if
people became more beautiful because of the shift in my own heart?
What if I
need the love of others to feel more beautiful and what if that love enables me
to see others as more beautiful as well?
I’ve always felt that I needed to see
myself as beautiful before anyone else could, but last night, I came to see
that I needed to see others as beautiful before I could feel that reflection.
We need we.
Be you, be connected, be
beautiful.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
I was there for your talk at NEW and I immensely enjoyed it! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI was one of the thousand women at the summit and I was blown away by your words. They were inspiring, powerful, emotional and motivational all at once. And yes, beautiful as well! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.
ReplyDeleteDitto…you blew all of us away. The best speaker of the summit! You actually brought me to tears Monday night! I was moved not only on a professional level but on a personal level. I’m going through a personal challenge and do believe that it’s not “happening to me but for me”. Thank you and god bless you! ~ Paige
ReplyDeleteWhat you see is what you get -:) You helped me notice more beauty and share more beauty! Thank you Bertice!
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