It's been the first official week of NMN! I'm SO proud of you all that have been participating! And for those of you who haven't, I hope you have still been having a wonderful experience growing closer to Christ this month :) I've loved keeping this blog, so thank you to all who have been reading! Please feel free to share it with anyone whom you think it will benefit :)
This week has been very humbling in many different ways. I don't look in the mirror nearly as much as I used to; it just doesn't seem important anymore! I know what I look like, and after fussing over my hair and clothes in the morning, I try not to give them a second thought the rest of the day. After I leave my house, it is no longer about ME, but what I can do for others. It's about laughing and loving everything about life, even when it's crazy stressful. It's about talking to someone I haven't spoken to in years, smiling at strangers and loving everyone I'm so blessed to see everyday. No, it's not about my appearance and others' opinions; it's about what I can contribute to the world with the knowledge in my head and the love in my heart. I love this description of Daisy from The Great Gatsby:
I've looked at pictures of myself wearing makeup, and I still think I look better with it. More beautiful? No. Beautiful is a feeling now, a feeling that comes only when I serve others or do what my Father would have me do. I feel beautiful when I go out with the sister missionaries from my church and teach others about the gospel. When I can look in the mirror at my makeup-less face and see a young woman who has acquired courage, self-respect, knowledge, and love for her fellow men and her God, I see something more beautiful than any perfectly airbrushed face. Material beauty washes off at the end of the day, but true, inner beauty lasts for eternity! Don't ever forget that, ladies.
Xoxo-Kat
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