So...I Was In A Nordstrom Restroom

This past weekend I had to go to Nordstrom with my close friend to help her pick out an outfit for an event (it has actually come to my attention that more and more each day I have become a personal stylist/shopper for some of my friends, which I honestly don't mind doing because as you all know...fashion is my passion! So if anyone is in desperate need of assistance don't be afraid to contact me for help)! This particular trip to Nordstrom was very different for me, very touching, and heart warming and it allowed me to think about myself, my character, and how I present myself on the outside and on the inside. As my friend was trying on shoes, I kindly dismissed myself and told her that I had to use the restroom. When I got to the restroom, the line stretched as far into the women's lounge area! So I stood in line behind this young girl, maybe the age of twelve or thirteen. As we moved our way up through the line there was this huge mirror opposite of us. I turned to it and began to look at this very large, full-length mirror that showed a reflection of everyone waiting in the line. As I was staring at myself, I began to think about all my imperfections. My weight, my hair, everything was being questioned in my mind, and although I am a confident women, I have my moments where I sometimes question the beauty on the outside. As I was staring at the mirror, wondering if there's a special potion I could drink to get rid of my back fat, the young girl turned to me and said, "Hey, you are very pretty!" I was so shocked and I looked to her and said "well young lady, you are very beautiful!" She had the biggest smile filled with shiny braces one could ever dream of having. This young girl had beauty inside and out, and her comment made me forget about all of my imperfections and made me think to embrace them. This young girl may not have been the glamorous, beauty queen, typical thirteen year old; but she was beautiful indeed...for recognizing the beauty in others takes having confidence in oneself. I have worked in the fashion and beauty industries for quite some time, and I have encountered many people with different issues that spend thousands of dollars to buy the things to correct them. But the lessoned learned inside the Nordstrom bathroom was, aside from having all the beauty on the outside...the real beauty always shows brighter from within.

Peace

Madam Shai