Those pictures are all beautiful. I know what you mean though, it hard to listen to yourself.
Anonymous said…
OH gosh! Why so hard on yourself? What trials in life have convinced you of these things? Does depression have you in its steely, cold grip?
You are intelligent, beautiful... God made you special... naming every hair on your head and forming you in your mother's womb. It is hard to remember these things... I know as I often have bouts of depression. But it is true whether we believe them or not. Not believing you are intelligent or beautiful does not make the fact not true... it simply you have yet to convince yourself of this truth. But truth remains while our feelings ebb and flow.
I do hope you have an IRL friend you listen to... go to her and let her encourage you. YOu deserve it.
We always see ourselves much more critically than other people do! I always try to think...do I notice this (whatever it may be) about other people? You are beautiful. Listen to yourself every once in a while!
Well life isn't always light-hearted and I guess we wouldn't have it any other way. Life is raw, and sad sometimes - and we blog about it all. And even the sad is beautiful. Here's to hoping you find the beauty in your sadness.
Not at all what I expected. And I'm sure even hearing it from all of us isn't going to change your mind, but those self-portraits are BEAUTIFUL. Step back and let yourself really admire them.
Lara, Incredible, beautiful, brave, real and moving. My favorite photo is the second to the last one, I love the perspective [and I always love black and whites].
Yeah... what Tali said. And stacy too. and ... well, and everybody else here.
Anonymous said…
For you and all your readers... She is you and she ALWAYS listens to what you say, so be careful to use your inner words wisely. Bad and good have equal effect. The big question is, which words are we all using more?
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Does she listen to what her friends say? Because we say that she is beautiful and loved too =)
You are intelligent, beautiful... God made you special... naming every hair on your head and forming you in your mother's womb. It is hard to remember these things... I know as I often have bouts of depression. But it is true whether we believe them or not. Not believing you are intelligent or beautiful does not make the fact not true... it simply you have yet to convince yourself of this truth. But truth remains while our feelings ebb and flow.
I do hope you have an IRL friend you listen to... go to her and let her encourage you. YOu deserve it.
Step back and let yourself really admire them.
Incredible, beautiful, brave, real and moving.
My favorite photo is the second to the last one, I love the perspective [and I always love black and whites].
And stacy too.
and ... well, and everybody else here.
She is you and she ALWAYS listens to what you say, so be careful to use your inner words wisely. Bad and good have equal effect. The big question is, which words are we all using more?
I wonder what they would say - if they could tell themselves?
Wow, very deep post.