Friends- I'm delighted to bring you a post by guest blogger Natalie Patterson. She's a poet, an teaching artist and amazing human who teaches me about being a better person whenever I get to spend a bit of time with her. I'm also delighted that she's a facilitator and will be teaching and performing at our Beautiful You Retreat November 5,6,7th. So, without further delay... here are the words and wisdom of my friend Natalie.
Timalee
Ever since I was a little girl, beauty equaled strength to me. Every person I thought was beautiful, was because of an inner power that seemed to pour out of them. It was in their laugh, in their walk, in their ease with speech. I have always been drawn to a great smile, a true smile. Beauty had nothing to do with being perfect and it still doesn't to me.
I have come to understand that my body, at whatever version of itself it is in now, is a gift. I had a thought when I was around 25, that if I married someone I didn't already know, they wouldn't get the "privilege" of experiencing my 20-something body. At 31, I am still unmarried and I suspect that should I ever marry, they won't have known me, in my 20s and that's ok. They get to know me now. They get to enjoy my wisdom, the grown of my body and the relaxation in my stride, that I didn't have access to, in my younger years, that I am well-acquainted with now. I suppose this is what aging is all about, the gratitude that comes, that fills all the silly holes, you think you have.
So while my body is ever-evolving, as is my self-love, what I know for sure is that we all have access to beauty, all own it. Sometimes we forget where we put the key to it, or rather that we are the key. Be diligent about finding your way to your own beauty, about defining it for yourself. It is important. You are important.
Mine and Yours,
Natalie Patterson
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