Just below is the music video for Colbie Caillat's recent song "Try". This video has been getting a lot of social media attention for her boldness to show how to love yourself with no makeup, hair, or photoshop to create the ideal perfectionism we are exposed to daily.
I absolutely love this videos diversity of women, age, ethnicity, hair color, eye color, etc. Because this concept is one that hits home for every one of us!
I can for asurity say that most of my life, my first 22 years of it, were spent thinking or overanalizing about how I dressed, looked, spoke, acted and how all of that mattered to other people. It is an unhappy world living according to societal and cultural standards, or maybe even unrealistic standards you have set for yourself. Sometimes we have this idea of perfection, but when we don't reach or attain that perfection, we then see ourselves as not pretty enough or successful enough or good enough.
Let me clue everyone in on a secret..... You are already perfect!!! You are pretty enough, you are successful enough, and good enough!!! Can you lose more weight, or work hard, or practice longer... YES! Don't ever settle but don't ever think you aren't ENOUGH because you are!
The lyrics to this song convey my mental shift from trying so hard for others to validate that ENOUGH instead of finding that from within myself till this last 6-7 months. The first part of the lyrics, getting your hair, makeup, nails, running, shopping, etc. I love all of these things, not to try or componsate to be or look like anyone else thinks I should look but because I love it! I work in the beauty industry and am a beauty advisor. I am a makeup, hair, classy clothes, sexy shoes advocate all the way and I love it, but I know that none of it will make me love myself any more or less. I see my nails freshly done and smile because I did it, I jump up and down when I finish my mile daily because I am proud of myself.
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try (x3)
You don't have to try (x2)
Wait a second,
Why should you care, what they think of you
When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you?
Do you like you?
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to bend until you break
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
The lyrics above is what makes me love this song so much! Be You! Do you love yourself? If you do GREAT! If not I am giving you a challenge. The last verse to this song is your challenge. Take your makeup off, let your hair down, and look into the mirror. I want you when you look yourself in the mirror and say 10 times, I AM BEAUTIFUL! I AM ENOUGH! Don't ask but tell. And do it everyday until you truly believe and I promise you that everytime you see yourself in the mirror after that you will see a smile across your beautiful face because all you see and should see is beauty!
Today, I learned that our subconscious mind (that contains much of our thoughts, beliefs, etc.) can not tell the difference between true thoughts and false thoughts. It only knows what we tell it to believe. It then does it's job of proving or validating all of those thoughts. So what are you telling yourself, what are you believing? Do the challenge until your entire being knows and believes what is already true!
You don't have to try for anyone but yourself! This is your life!
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE AND IT IS TIME TO START BELIEVING THAT!
