So it’s early, I’m trolling the ‘net avoiding housework looking for things for a project I have on the go at the moment. Then I stumbled upon this on someone’s tumblr.
“This was written by a little 6 year old girl. I babysit her and her two sisters – Rebecca and Mia, and before they go to bed they all sit down and write little prayers to God.
This was the one that Hollie wrote last time, and it absolutely broke my heart. I mean, she’s six years old and she thinks she’s not beautiful. That’s not right. But she is beautiful, absolutely gorgeous. She’s got golden blonde hair, bright green eyes and a smile so beautiful that you melt a little inside when you see it.
When their mum got home, I showed her Hollie’s prayer, and she was devastated. She’s a nurse so she’s seen a lot of horrible things, but I have never seen her like that. And so I had to do something.
If you’re reading this, and if you have the slightest bit of a heart, please reblog this, so that I can prove to Hollie that she is beautiful, and that she is so special, and that God made her exactly the way she is because He knows that He made her perfect. Please give this beautiful little girl the confidence she deserves.”
Now I’m not re-blogging this on tumblr. because I don’t have an account and likely can’t be bothered to get one. Nor do I think that re-blogging this will be beneficial to anyone, simply because true faith in yourself comes from within. As I am fond of saying: “A million people in this world could believe in you and it doesn’t mean a damn thing until you believe in yourself.” However this touched me on a different kind of level. This child is 6. SIX years old and is asking God to make her beautiful. This reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend of mine a few years back when her young daughter asked her to go on a diet because some kid in kindergarten said she was fat.
Is this how fucked up our society has become? I know scores of adults who have image issues, I think we all do to a certain point. However it’s that much more disturbing when it’s coming from the mouth of a child. Children are our future, children are supposed to be innocent and pure. What kind of society are we that it has such a level of toxic image issues already on the horizon?
Something to think about.
-Steph
It is the job — the most important job — of parents to make sure their kids grow up with the right attitudes. Sometimes it’s not automatic. From the day I had more than one child, I swore that I would never call one more beautiful.
They are adults now, all different, each beautiful in his or her own way.