Insides vs. Outsides
What a great concept. A photographer took pictures of women with their greatest insecurities written on a chalkboard, and then photographed snippets from what their friends and family members had to say about them. It's so interesting to see the contrast...it's similar to that great Dove commercial about women describing themselves to a sketch artist.
If I had to put my biggest insecurity on a chalkboard, it would probably be the word "Failure." The thing is, I know that failure can be a great teacher, and that there are many lists of people who failed at first, only to reach great heights later. Like these 50 famous folks. So I don't know why that word is the one that seems to strike at my deepest terror, but probably because it's sort of all-encompassing. If I'm jobless, homeless, loveless, childless, etc., then obviously it is because I failed.
But perspective is everything, isn't it? I do think that as I get older, I'm getting more of it, which is good. Doesn't mean I don't trip myself up, because I definitely do, but I am more aware of the possibility that I might have things upside down sometimes. Like when I freak out about being a failure. If any of my friends or family were talking to me, I know they could easily come up with a bunch of reasons why I'm not. Or tell me that even if I were a failure in my own eyes, that I wasn't in theirs. Because that's what I would tell a friend going through the same thing.
Sometimes we really need to be more gentle with ourselves.
Just because I love it, an extended version of the Dove commercial here:
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