I was visiting one of my social networking sites the other day and logged in to the section I was in was a person with the username – unbeautiful.

My first thought was, “WOW! Doesn’t that say everything about what this person believes about what they are!”

Then I immediately thought to myself, “Why would you even think of putting that out there even if you did believe it?”

One of the things I learned early on in my spiritual walk is, “Everything you think, do, and say is a reflection of your beliefs.”

When trying to explain this further to others, I explain that when I was growing up, I was not nurtured in an environment that elevated self-esteem. My maiden name is Morano, and throughout my adolescence I was called, Moron with an O by my peers.

As I matured, when asked how to pronounce my name, guess what I used? You got it! Moron with an O! It wasn’t until a few years ago that it finally dawned on me what I was putting out there.

I’m telling you this to illustrate how we let our thoughts and emotions control our image of ourselves, which in turn translates to the image we put forth to the world.

While I have not used my maiden name in over 30 years, guess what I’d call myself when I made a mistake? Moron! When I finally caught myself saying that word aloud one day, I stopped suddenly and asked myself why was I calling myself that? And you probably guessed that I had long forgotten the Moron with an O chants from my youth. But somewhere, I still believed it or it wouldn’t have come out of my mouth – even to myself!

So, if everything you think, do, and say is a reflection of your beliefs, what are you telling others? What are you telling yourself?

And why would you want to let the world know that you think you are ‘unbeautiful’??

Start listening and noticing what beliefs you are putting forth in your world. Because ultimately, life will reflect your beliefs back to you. But that’s a subject for another post!

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