Hi friends
The approaches made this time by @joanstewart for the weekly contest are not easy for me to address.
This is partly because all of the above problems have plagued me at one time or another and I still struggle to overcome them.
馃敻Racial Injustice: No matter how people address this, inequality still occurs, women of color are vulnerable and not given the same opportunity promised.
I am fortunate to live in a country with great diversity and racial, cultural and religious tolerance. However, having an appearance far removed from beauty standards has often made me feel rejected.
This caused me many difficulties during adolescence and beginning adulthood, often leading me to feelings of frustration and discouragement. Thank God I managed to overcome it to the extent that I began to understand that my problem was mainly low self-esteem and a lack of self-acceptance.
I have also been learning to stop manipulating and putting myself in the role of a victim, to be grateful for what I have, to love myself and to stop comparing myself to others.
It has been a long road with many setbacks, some so serious that I came to feel that I did not want to live. But God always dealt with me, without realizing he took care of me, made me feel his immense and unconditional love and prevented me from following the wrong path.
Ironically, now that I am less healthy, older and have many wrinkles, I feel more satisfied and I can say that I am happy, even though I have so many problems that seem to increase with the years.
I invite my friends @sarimanok and @jelenaa to participate in this contest.
The first photo was taken by @darioreuben with his Redmi 8 note. The second one was taken by myself with a Blu R1 HD device.
Thank you so much for stopping by and reading my entry in the 144th Ladies of Hive Community Contest.
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Hola amigas
Los planteamientos hechos esta vez por @joanstewart para el concurso semanal son poco f谩ciles de abordar para mi.
Esto es en parte porque todos los problemas mencionados me han afectado alguna vez y aun lucho por superarlos.
馃敻 Injusticia racial: no importa c贸mo las personas aborden esto, la desigualdad a煤n ocurre, las mujeres de color son vulnerables y no se les brinda la misma oportunidad prometida.
Tengo la fortuna de vivir en un pa铆s con mucha diversidad y tolerancia racial, cultural y religiosa. Sin embargo el tener una apariencia muy alejada de los est谩ndares de belleza ha hecho que muchas veces me sienta rechazada.
Eso me produjo muchas dificultades durante la adolescencia y comenzando la adultez, llev谩ndome muchas veces a tener sentimientos de frustraci贸n y desaliento. Gracias a Dios logr茅 superarlo en la medida que fui entendiendo que mi problema era principalmente baja autoestima y falta de aceptaci贸n a mi misma.
He ido aprendiendo tambien a dejar de manipular y ponerme en rol de v铆ctima, a ser agradecida con lo que tengo, amarme y dejar de compararme con otros.
Ha sido un camino largo y con muchos tropiezos, algunos tan serios que llegue a sentir que no quer铆a vivir. Pero Dios trat贸 siempre conmigo, sin darme cuenta me cuid贸, me hizo sentir su inmenso e incondicional amor e impidi贸 que siguiera el camino equivocado.
Ir贸nicamente, ahora que tengo menos salud, m谩s edad y muchas arrugas, me siento mas conforme y puedo decir que soy feliz, aun teniendo tantos problemas que parece que aumentan con los a帽os.
Invito a las amigas @sarimanok y a @jelenaa a participar a este concurso.
La primera foto la tom贸 @darioreuben con su Redmi 8 note. La segunda fue tomada por mi misma con un dispositivo Blu R1 HD.
Muchas gracias por detenerse y leer mi participaci贸n en el concurso de la comunidad de Damas de la colmena n煤mero 144.
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