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Are You In-Secure?
We all have
our insecurities. For years, I dealt with an insecurity concerning my looks. I
thought I was all of the things I had been told as a child; fat, ugly and too
black. (Too black for what; I finally asked myself.)
Late one
night; unable to sleep, I turned on my television to the PBS channel. I saw a
beautiful woman on a program I had never seen. I thought to myself; I’d love to look like that. She’s the
perfect size and has beautiful skin. Her smile is amazing.
I’m tearing up as I write this, because
as crazy as it may be, I looked more closely and could see that the beautiful
woman was me. I had tapped a series for PBS that helped teach English as a
second language. I’d never seen the series, so when I did I could not even
recognize the beautiful women on the other side of the screen.
That night,
I cried and cried. I had been holding an image of myself that was not accurate.
It was based on the lies I’d been told by folks who had been told the same lies
about themselves.
I woke up and when I did, I grew up and away from that childhood insecurity.
What lie have you believed about
yourself?
What are you holding inside of you
that affects the way you feel and act?
The only way
to address an insecurity is to go inside. Too often, we seek to fill our void
with the love of another broken soul, or the false high of drugs or alcohol. We
even try to mask our doubts with busywork that centers on anything but the
thing that we need to face.
We spend more time and money on the
security of our house than we do for the insecurities of the self.
Today, look
at yourself and then go inside.
Look deeply at the old feelings of
self-worth and face them with the truth; that you are beautiful, powerful and
wonderful as you are.
Be you, be well, be
strong.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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