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Have you forgotten how beautiful you are? How powerful, how magnificent, how strong.<\/p>\n

I had.<\/p>\n

This morning, despite the vigorous strides I took as I climbed the hill to the lookout point at the lighthouse, I was feeling deflated. I was feeling less than beautiful, less than powerful, less than magnificent, less than strong.<\/p>\n

And then I saw it. The crystal clear turquoise expanse of the ocean.<\/p>\n

I sighed in awe. I felt aroused by its wildness. I laughed as its foam encased a graceful surfer. I was starstruck by its power.<\/p>\n

I engaged with it for a very long while.<\/p>\n

I love the water. I love how the water makes me feel.<\/p>\n

And then I smiled. I remembered. I am water. I am made up of exactly what I am looking at in amazement right now.<\/p>\n

If I see awe, wildness, beauty and power in the ocean, am I not that too?<\/p>\n

As I walked back down the hill I was lighter, less burdened and more serene.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time I\u2019ve discovered my true reflection in nature. And it\u2019s not the last time I\u2019ll lose it in the noise of the world.<\/p>\n

But it was a timely reminder of where to go when I\u2019m a little lost. Where I\u2019ve always gone when I\u2019m feeling stranded, judgemental or less than in any way.<\/p>\n

My beauty was not returned to me in a jar or in a treatment or even in a compliment by another.<\/p>\n

My beauty was returned to me in a mirror that I didn\u2019t need to see my face in.<\/p>\n

My beauty was all around me.<\/p>\n

If you want to find your softness, bite into the juicy flesh of a new season fig.<\/p>\n

If you want to find your lushness, lie in the thick green grass of a summer field.<\/p>\n

If you want to find your magic, fall asleep under the sparkling stars in the sky.<\/p>\n

If you want to find your voice, listen to the roar of the ocean.<\/p>\n

If you want to find your mystique, bathe in the luminosity of a full moon.<\/p>\n

If you want to find your creative source, make love with complete surrender.<\/p>\n

If you want to find your openness, watch the delicate petals of a rose unfold.<\/p>\n

If you want to reignite your fire, watch the morning sunrise.<\/p>\n

If you want to be blown away by your magnificence, watch the evening sunset.<\/p>\n

If you want to connect with your heart, open it to all that is around you and breathe.<\/p>\n

This morning I breathed in the water, the air, the fire and the earth around me. In that breath I merged with all that is me already.<\/p>\n

If I am bewitched by all of this, I am bewitched by me too.<\/p>\n

Have you forgotten how beautiful you are?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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