Letter of recommendation

Love love this verse 2 Corinthians 3:1-5. This verse speaks of our need for social acceptance, especially now with social media where some people post selfies and measure themselves according to the number of likes they get. This, in turn, could speak of self-love or a deeper rooted issue of seeking attention or the need to feel needed, loved and accepted. Some just post to be a social celebrity or popular but that is a topic of another day. I grew up being constantly told to learn to love yourself but that proved challenging. I mean when I was younger, I didn't like the way I looked in the mirror as I did not meet the social standards of what was deemed beautiful. I didn't hate myself, I simply didn't feel beautiful and yes no one told me I was pretty unless I put on a pretty dress, and I think that was a compliment out of courtesy than honesty. I was the teenage girl that guys approached so that they can ask me for my friend's number. Life on the dating scene was dull and I stayed in the shadows of my beautiful friends playing receptionist to their potential boyfriends.

One day I saw a married couple walking past, a handsome well-groomed tall man and a not-so-hot but a well-dressed woman. I wondered all different things to make sense of what I had seen. My thoughts influenced by the media and society; from shes rich and he ain't working,  maybe shes got a rich dad and yeah he wants to be part of the inheritance, maybe she got pregnant and the guy is trapped out of duty and the list goes on. After further investigations to satisfy my curiosity, I found out that the man is well to do and she is a stay-at-home mum. The woman had an awesome positive personality and an attitude that inspire one to awake to their dreams. Basically, she brightened up the room, she was mature and intelligent and what you saw versus the beauty within was at par. Who you are within (great attitude towards life) carries you further than the outer beauty. She taught me a valuable lesson, the physical beauty will fade with time but inner beauty and a great personality and intelligence are what builds a home, relationships and businesses amongst other things of progress.

I began working on being me, building a positive attitude and recommending myself. I don't define beauty according to the world standards that have brought about self-rejection, comparison which leads to jealousy, contention, vanity and pride. I now define beauty as being confident of who you are, being comfortable in your own skin, loving yourself and building yourself up to be a better version of you for you and not to please others. So recommend yourselves and the "like" on social media are just the likes and not a scale to grade you on your physical attributes. You are God's masterpiece, a work of beautiful creativity that extends far beyond the physical and affects your heart and soul. You are recommended by God to be here at this time, HE qualifies you for what you have been called to do and this is the Letter HE has written in your hearts. Trust HIM and live joyfully in the plans HE has for you as your confidence grows in HIM.