The 70 percent rule

I have a standard for how I like to look, and it doesn't involve looking perfect all the time.  Over the years, I have decided, that as long as you have done most things pretty well, no one is going to focus on your small percentage of flaws.  If you have a chip in your nail, but your nails are polished....great!  You'd be surprised how little everyone else is really focusing on your flaws, and if they are.....who really wants to be around them anyway?

A few years ago, when I used to judge how I looked more harshly, and I would always tell my mom that I wished that I were skinnier, she told me a story.  She said that when she was my age, she always wished she were thinner, and always thought she was too heavy, but looking back at photos now, she sees that she looked great.  I've worked on trying to borrow some of that feeling for myself, and appreciate what I have now, instead of wishing that I were more perfect.

Do things to accentuate, and increase your beauty, but always recognize that it is real, and present, and that while it may not look quite like anyone elses......your 70 percent is gorgeous:)