Personal Narrative: The Realization Of True Beauty

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If you asked me "What was your best day ever and why?”, My response wouldn 't be filled with a spectacular event, happiness, and great things happening around me; it would be an average day of my life ending with a realization of my true beauty.
Have you ever seen these products:lipstick, eyeliner,mascara, hair extensions, lingerie, skin bleaching, plastic surgery and etc. All these products are seeing on your television screen in the form of commercials promoting them for women. All these things are more than likely in your house because of your daughter, mother, or even yourself because you need them to look pretty. And these things are the reason women cannot accept them as natural. But I did! I didn’t like wearing makeup and looking pretty.Being
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I was so negative about everything and everyone around me. I didn 't care about the classwork because I was in my top ten of my class of my class. There was no point in me trying in academics anymore. I could fail a class and not care. However, as soon I was done with school for the day, I would rush home so I can relax and text my male friend. He recently went to college in Huntsville and due to his college life, we lost touch.I was still in Tuscaloosa and didn’t know how to drive so we could visit. But we started talking again in a few months ago. It was a breath of fresh air to hear from him. He had a better view of life and gave me advice on any situation I was in. I value his opinion. He was the only friend I really trusted with my true feelings about my personal life. He really helped me get through the remaining months of high school. He had a funny personality and knew how to make the best out of horrible situations, whether it was with funny memes, beautiful songs, or talking about the hypocrisy of politics or America. Despite that we weren 't able to hang out, I was grateful that we were talking again even if was …show more content…
Since that day, I have been embraced myself with confidence and smiling in pride over my beauty. I got ignored the two blocks around me and focused on me. I felt a day cloud being lifted off my shoulders and not thinking about anything involving my appearance.. I set high expectation of myself to value my beauty as to what makes myself comfortable. I valued my friends advice that day. His advice taught me that true beauty is the matter of the heart and the most beautiful people are the ones with confidence and kindness. By having a confidence in expressing our confidence in joy. We will display true beauty. Our confidence will no longer rely on cosmetics and striving to look like women on magazine covers. Furthermore, we wouldn’t have to ruin our beauty by revealing too

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