“It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence liberates others.”

I’m Beautiful & I’m Here

I went to see the Color Purple in July with my sister-in-law (her 3rd time) with Fantasia playing Celie, her rendition of the song I’m Here made me cry unexpectedly. I mean cry. Thank God my sister-in-law had tissues on her. I think what makes the song so powerful are how a woman who has gone through so much could still feel so positive about life. That is what I call REBOUNDING!

She not only was positive about the moments in her life that were both good and bad, she was thankful that she had the days to live them. She was thankful for all she had and she was courageous in the face of past betrayal and hurt to announce to the world that she’s beautiful and “I’m here”.

I think this is something we have to work on especially us women. We are not the air-brushed beauties on magazines but everything about us including our unique looks are still beautiful and we have a unique reason for existence. We need to start living out loud and shouting to the world, we’re here!

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One Response to “I’m Beautiful & I’m Here”

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    Hey Liz,

    mayra and I are catching it for the first time this Friday…it’s also her favorite movie

    Jose said this on August 29th, 2007 at 4:28 b
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