My favorite thing about myself.

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What’s your favorite thing about yourself?

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On a slightly superficial level, my favorite thing about myself are my curls. If I dig deeper beyond the surface, my answer is more about finally accepting myself as the beautiful being that I am – the way I am, exactly as I am. The mantra “Sat Nam“ translates to “I am truth and my curls highlight the truest form of my self. Soft tendrils of dirty blond/brown bouncy spirals that share my spirit.

Loving my curls also indicates a sign of growth because I haven’t always loved them or loved myself as I am. I grew out of my prepubescent body in the 90’s when Jennifer Aniston’s signature straight hair face framed look was all the rage and flat irons were selling like hot cakes off the shelves. And I was on team Jen since Leprechaun, The Movie as I idolized her like many other young woman.

As a pre-teen, I learned to blow dry my hair straight and then subsequently burned my locks with a flat iron to get them as straight as possible. It was the look back then but it didn’t celebrate my truest being. I had a friend who loved her curls despite the trend and I simply wasn’t as confident.

Fortunately, in my early 20’s, I learned to properly style the high maintenance locks and embraced a more confident way of being. And now, at the prime age of 39, my curls are living their best life and I have come to accept myself, my body and my spirit as a brilliant bright beam of beauty!

Thank you WordPress for the prompt today to celebrate what we love about ourselves.

Tell me, sweet reader, what is your favorite thing about yourself?