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Who, me . . . ‘perfect’?
When you look in the mirror, can you honestly say that you love yourself? Can you see the reflection and say that you don’t see anything you don’t like? Well I couldn’t.
Since I was young and started worrying about how I presented myself, the issue of image continually resided in my head. We all know how cosmetics and clothes ads display the “perfect image,” and since I loved looking through style magazines, I was well aware of that image. To me, every other girl was so much prettier, skinnier, and just plain better. I remember looking in the mirror and feeling horrible about myself. I wasn’t the most popular girl, and to be honest, I wasn’t the weight I wanted to be.
To make things worse, I was self-conscious and sensitive so any small comment could affect me. Not only did I not like my image, but I hated who I was. I was shy and never liked to take risks. I always did the things that I knew I could do instead of pushing myself to step out of my comfort zone. To fix these imperfections, I tried different exercise routines, learned how to use makeup, pretended to be like everyone else—anything I could do. I was tired of who I was and just wanted to be like everyone else.
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October 24, 2011 issue
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Letters
Katie Brotten, Nancy Bachmann, Rick Lipsey, Bridget Broadhurst
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Your career, your calling
Maike Byrd, Staff Editor
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No excuses in our work for God
Douglas D. Webster
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Find a constant in your career
By Dave Hohle
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A career with no shelf life
By Lynde McCormick
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Employed by the two ‘great commandments’
By Clifford McElrea
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Thoughts on being fruitful
Lu Ann Condon
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Prayer for people in the Horn of Africa
By Beverley Beddoes-Mills
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‘Fright Walk’ and a lesson in healing
Name removed by request
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Who, me . . . ‘perfect’?
By Ashley Woodley
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The flower and the sun
Shirin Felfeli
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Healed!
Evangeline, Chloë
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Changes to ChristianScience.com
Susie Jostyn
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Keeping in touch
Marta Greenwood
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I didn’t have to be perfect first
Anne Melville
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An ‘Abigail approach’ for Israel and Palestine
Matt Schmidt
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Loving the Ten Commandments
Ann Edwards
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Quick healing of hip pain
Rita Pauluhn
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Immobility reversed
Teresa Claro
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No more back pain
Don Sweder
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Persistence in prayer heals effects of fall
Jackie Nash
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Divine Mind moves you
The Editors