Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder?  Why can't most of us see the beauty within ourselves? How does it make you feel when someone tells you your beautiful?  I've been thinking about this a lot recently as I have been talking to some of my sweet and amazing friends via social networking.  I also must ask you how many times have you stood in front of the mirror and instead of seeing all the amazing things of beauty within yourself you see all the faults?

  What is your idea of beauty?  If it is in the eye of the beholder as we all say then we are the ones who behold beauty.  What do you think is beautiful?  To me it is a person who is authentic, humble and kind.  That is pretty simple right?  One other thing.  I feel each and every one of us as human beings need to see and value our own beauty and worth.  They say we are made in God's image right? If you believe in God, a supreme being or deity then I would think this is something or someone who is beautiful to you correct?  So if when you look in the mirror and you say , "Dang, I look horrible today!"  Do you realize what you really are doing?  You are saying that this glorious masterpiece that a higher power/God has created in their image looks horrible?  God looks horrible!  WOW!!  You never thought of it that way right?  Me either.  I was taught this by a ten year old little girl who I've never met and lives way out in Oklahoma of all places.  

   Now , I want you to think of how you feel when someone calls you beautiful.  Or tells you that you look amazing or gorgeous.  Do you say thank you so much that really makes me feel great and think about that wonderful complement?  OR.....Do you make excuses and say.. well I've gained a few pounds, didn't have time to do my make up right, still need to color my hair and I've had this dress for years?  Which one do you do?  If you are like 99.9% of us you didn't even really hear and acknowledge the complement at all you made excuses and actually belittled yourself.  WHY?  Why do we do this to ourselves?  

     I would like to ask you another question.  Do you ever tell people they are beautiful?  Do you go out of your way to lift up and encourage your children, spouse, friend, or other family members by telling them how beautiful they are to you?  Why not?  In order for all of us to see the beauty in ourselves we have to also help other to see their own beauty also.  Am I correct in this?  

     Now, that is not all there is to it.  What is beauty now?  Is it that brand new 130$ dress that looks amazing but is just out of reach?  Is it that 200$ make up kit that will solve all your beauty needs?  Is it the 5,000$ wedding set that you just have to have because it is bigger than your sisters?    No beauty truely does come from within like I said before. So, please go out today and tell someone they are beautiful.  The next time you look in the mirror look at all the beautiful and miraculous things your body has done over the years.  Start from your feet up.  Those amazing feet have learned to walk, jump, hop, skip, run and leap .  They have learned to ride a bike, skip a rope and may have walked down the aisle for graduation, wedding, and so many other occasions.  Your feet in themselves are amazing.  DO this with your entire body.  Don't look at how big, flabby, stretched out, wrinkly or whatever it is.  Look at all its beauty.  

    Thanks so much for reading my ramblings.  I encourage all of you to go be beautiful and make this world a beautiful place!

   In this video a teen did a project to show how people react when being told their beautiful.  I loved it.  There is another one that really touched my heart but I can't find it.  It was on FB and was a video of women from all over the world.  It showed a before pic and then an after they were told they were beautiful.  It is so amazing they all have huge smiles on their faces.  If any of my readers come across the video please post in comments so others can see it.

      Wishing you all love, peace and beauty.  Please remember to always be humble and kind!

Mama Cole 

Social Media and ME!

Albuquerque Sunrise
by: Richard Estrada

      I absolutely love Face Book and social media.  I love that I can communicate with lost family and friends all over the world.  I can now even call them and have a video chat.  Now, that is some major Star Trek stuff isn't it?  There are some things however that yes, I am so very thankful for but I also wish social media could fix.  Simple things like hunger, cancer, mental illness, domestic violence, and a million other things honestly.
      I have friends that I have made honestly all over the world.  Friends that uplift and inspire me so much.  I have a friend and her family who sell Scentsy and lived in Ireland.  So super cool huh?  Absolutely , lovely family and they have followed their dreams , traveled all over the world the last 3 years or so and have now moved to Spain.  SPAIN!!  How cool is that?  So, now via their family I get to learn and experience Spain.  Oh, then I have a wonderful friend who's family have chosen and yes CHOSEN to be nomads for a year.  Yes, they are traveling the world and house sitting in some spots, exploring and staying in hostels.  They are as a family of four checking things off their bucket lists and diving into the culture of each place they visit.  So far they've been to England, Scotland, Sri Lanka and Thailand.  I love reading their blog and experiencing life with them.  Let me see , who else?  Oh a totally fun and silly rocking lady in New Zealand who is a female truck driver!!  She hauls loads of rock and dirt all day and does inspirational and motivational videos from the cab of her truck.  Oh and she is also a Scentsy Sister.
     Then there are the friends who honestly some I have no clue how we became friends.  Either me liking a page or talking to them on a page somewhere and we become friends.  I have some of these people who I met when a young woman was badly beaten and thrown from a car and left to die in the hot Florida sun for two days.  We all came together to try to help ID this woman.  The friends I met from that experience and also the young woman who did regain her life and name are some of the most precious friends I have.  I have friends I've met who walk the same painful walk with me and my chronic illnesses and pain also.  Then, there are friends who I love and support while crying in my pillow as they are in the fight of their or a loved ones life.  So, many people I know who are fighting cancer.  One absolutely beauituful and amazing friend won her battle against breast cancer while supporting her young son during his battle with cancer also.  This poor little man is still fighting and his Mama is so strong and brave and stoic.  I have no clue how she holds it all together but she does.  I also have friends who are care takers.  Day in and day out they take care of their loved ones thru the good the bad and the ugly.  They are so tired and worn out at the end of the day.  I know this life well and do my best to let them know how loved and cherished they are even if those they take care of aren't quiet able to voice their feelings.  I have friends who I have watched for years suffer in pain and not really knowing for sure if my strange feelings were correct.  Then finding out this friend and her sweet boys are held up in a hotel because she finally found the courage to leave her abusive husband.  I've watched her face battle after battle and stand and fight couragously with her four boys by her side.  When she felt so lost and alone but still chose to do the best for her sons.  She is also one of my dearest friends.
      Then I have the sweet friends who I know are always there for me if I just reach out.  Lately , I've been so ill and depressed all I do is read the social pages and respond here and there.  Then there are times I see so much hurt and suffering of my friends and loved ones that I have to help or say something.  Times I lay awake at night praying for the Lord to please be with them, to please answer our prayers of healing.  I've seen so many of my friends lose their parents, children and loved ones.  My heart truely hurts for them.
     In the end I really don't know why the Lord puts all these people in our lives.  I do wish that we could solve all of the hurt and pain in the world on social media.  I wish we could raise money for all those who are hungry in our world by sharing a post or liking a post.  I also wish we could stop all the hatred and violence in the world just by sharing happy, fun, and beautiful pictures of the world we live in.  I am thankful that I can now video chat with loved ones and look forward to the day this technology will help doctors provide care to third world countries.  I guess honestly for this new year of  2017  that our world and everyone in it will find peace within their own hearts.  For I feel if we are truely peaceful within our hearts  we can not also have hatred .  I pray this coming year cures for cancer , ms, lyme disease, and als will be found.  Along with Cystic Fibrosis so my little warriors wont have to fight for their lives anymore.
 This was a very rambling post and I apologize just needed to pour my heart out somewhere.  I don't know why we have so much hurt in the world or why there are times I feel so overwhelmed by it but tonight is one of them.