Love yourself the way you are

Ok ladies, in a world filled with diet fads, always changing clothing trends, tanning, plastic surgery, and the next new miracle cream to give you younger looking skin, how are we ever going to learn to just love our bodies the way they are?? We are surrounded by the media, pushing us to want to be thinner, younger, and in every other possible way "better" than how we look like right now. What's worse, these messages aren't merely directed at adult women. Young teenage girls are susceptible to the same scrutiny and opinions, girls who are already struggling to love and embrace themselves the way they are.

I absolutely love and support the message that Dove is sending to women around the world! These are photos of women who are gorgeous in their own way, beautiful without fitting the stereotype that surrounds us...

You are beautiful the way you are! You are an extraordinary woman with traits and qualities that make you unique and exquisite in your own way! Learn to embrace and love those things about you that make you stand out; don't try to blend in with the rest of the world. When I saw this ad it broke my heart...

Those are pretty scary odds, so let's change it! My hope is that this message will reach reach women everywhere, and that they will share it with their beautiful daughters. We need to show the world that we are perfect the way God made us. Every woman, no matter what her age, race, weight, height, or appearance, deserves to love and respect her body the way it is.