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    A Call For Beauty: A Roadmap for Embracing, Not Rejecting, Your Innate Beauty

    by David James Di Pardo Apr 05, 2019 3 minutes
    A Call For Beauty: A Roadmap for Embracing, Not Rejecting, Your Innate Beauty by David James Di Pardo. Photograph of a woman looking t her reflection in mirror by Taylor Smith
    Photograph by Taylor Smith

    You are beautiful, inside and out; a being made of the same divine ‘star stuff’ as everything else. Claim your innate beauty and elevate your self worth.

    —

    How many of us have heard that “beauty is found within?”

    While I believe that to be true, this idea has created a dichotomy in our world that praises physical appearance and beauty but shuns anyone who claims it for themselves. Many people refuse to claim their unique beauty — regardless of their shape, color, or size — out of fear of being labeled.

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