photo by: Dana Miller
So I'm giving it another shot this week. The cue word this week is BEAUTY.
Here goes. I'm setting the timer.
Beauty is a word that I have spent much of life hating.
Much of my life was spent knowing that I wasn't "enough". I wasn't smart enough, slim enough, or pretty enough. I wasn't blessed with blond hair and blue eyes--the epitome of beauty, or so I thought for so long.
And then came the scars. I had an amputation scar, a scar on my left knee, a scar on my chest--all thanks to cancer or the fear of it. Little did I know at 16 that I would have more scars--even more prominent on my nose and collarbone from cancer, albeit a different kind.
Beauty isn't a word I associate with myself. However, I have learned from these scars (and, honestly, from the experience of being behind the lens of a camera) that beauty isn't so much what you see on the surface.
Very often the deeper you go, the more beauty you behold. And even more often beauty is found in the scars.
Time's up!
5 comments:
Dana, that gave me chills - so pure, so beautiful, so full of emotion. I am so thankful that you survived and that you able to tell your story of beauty. I feel blessed having read your story today, thank you. God bless you!
Beauty in your words!
"Beauty is found in the scars..." this is soo beautiful. The meaning of beauty truly becomes more profound as we go beyond the superficial! :-)
I love that you say beauty is found in the scars. LOVE IT.
Love,
Traci @ Ordinary Inspirations
http://www.ordinaryinspirations.blogspot.com
This topic was a challenge for me, too -- the word "beauty" being something I battle to not have to aspire to, but to accept. I must surrender the truth that in His eyes, no matter what I look like, no matter what I do, I am His, and I am beautiful. You are so beautiful! Your transparency and truth here is powerful. Thank you!
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