This is cut out of a blog I wrote a while back. I cut out the parts that didn't matter.
Now... this is something I've been thinking and I'd like to share it...
This is primarily directed at my women readers, but the main thought can apply to anyone. In the last week, two women that I know have expressed the concern that they're not pretty, have little or nothing going for them in the looks department, stuff like that. Both of these women are extraordinarily beautiful, so I had to sit and think about why they thought otherwise. I thought about the things they both had in common, besides beauty, and it was there that I found what I think might be the answer. Both are young, single when they don't want to be, and have had bad luck in their past relationships.
I approached this problem out of a want to understand why they felt that way and how I could explain to them that they were both not only very beautiful, but many other things. Now, I don't know either of them very well, but I'm very good at getting a feel for people and both of these women are beautiful, funny, intelligent, playful, and caring. And that's just the short list of qualities that they possess.
I told them both that they were wrong, that they were beautiful and that any guy would be lucky to have them (and told one of them that anyone who didn't think she was worth dating needed beat with a waterhose, but that's a different story :P ) but I don't think either one of them really believed me. I'll keep trying though. I hate to see a beautiful woman in pain, absolutely can't stand it. So I'll have to keep trying to get them to see that they are so much better than what they think at the moment.
In the end, I think it comes down to showing them what I see...not my greatest skill, but I hope I can manage...