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    Beauty From the Inside Out
    Beauty From the Inside Out
    Beauty From the Inside Out
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    Beauty From the Inside Out

    By Stephanie Mayer

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    In Beauty From the Inside Out, author Stephanie R. Mayer takes you on a heartfelt yet thought provoking journey to discover what every woman should know in order to live a life filled with confidence, passion and wisdom. With transparent anecdotes and unveiled insights, Mayer reveals how to define beauty based upon your own definition and not by society.

    -Understand God’s creative ability in you
    -Gain insight on reprogramming unhealthy thought patterns
    -Embrace the benefits of change
    -Celebrate your uniqueness
    -Discover your greatest assets from within

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStephanie Mayer
    Release dateApr 1, 2013
    ISBN9781301748792
    Beauty From the Inside Out
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    Stephanie Mayer

    Author Stephanie Mayer is also a musician, songwriter, and music producer from Raeford, NC. She blogs regularly about life in the arts. In addition to her own recording ventures, Stephanie's songs have been recorded by many gospel artists, including Twinkie Clark, Dorinda Clark-Cole, The Anointed Pace Sisters, and Bridgette Campbell-Croft. Stephanie attended North Carolina A&T State University and Wayne State University and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. She received additional training at Livonia Conservatory of Music in Livonia, Michigan. Ms. Mayer's passion is to inspire, motivate, and encourage writers, musicians, and, really, anyone who seeks to fulfill their dreams.

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      Beauty From the Inside Out - Stephanie Mayer

      BEAUTY FROM THE INSIDE OUT

      By Stephanie R. Mayer

      Copyright 2013 Stephanie R. Mayer

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to my first glimpse of all things beautiful as I traveled from eternity into time. Mommy, you will never know the extent of my love, admiration and honor for you. Your sacrifices for me have been great but so shall be your reward. Thank you for teaching me how to be a strong woman even in the moments when I feel most afraid. Patricia A. Mayer, you are a beautiful lady from the inside out. I love you forever.

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Such A Beautiful Face

      Chapter 2: Dreamer & Silent Screamer

      Chapter 3: As A Man Thinks

      Chapter 4: The Mirror

      Chapter 5: Hearing and Hearing

      Chapter 6: An Acquired Taste

      Chapter 7: Irresistible Fragrance

      Chapter 8: A Woman Worth the Wait

      Chapter 9: The Beauty of Change and Transition

      Chapter10: Four Crazy Friends

      Chapter 11: The Sixth Sense

      Summary

      Acknowledgements

      With my most sincere gratitude I would like to thank every woman who has inspired me to write my own definition of what I deem as beautiful. Something you have said, done or contributed to my life is the reason why I have written this book. I am overwhelmingly blessed by your wisdom, courage, poise and class. A million thanks to the following women:

      My sisters Daphne Rogers (our parents made us sisters but time made us friends) and Naja Neal (you’re forever in my heart); Grandmother Candye Brown, Aunts Margaret Scurry and Myra Harris; wonderful sister-girlfriends: Latrice Pace, Stacey Joseph (you are a jewel), Tameka Moore, Blanche McAllister-Dykes, Maronda White, Cheryl Baker, Elaine Florence, Demetria Hayes-Faison; honorary moms: Bennie L. Kelly, Mary Edwards, Alice Lilly. To my dearest friend, mentor and inspiration (since I was ten years old): Dr. Elbernita Clark you are the most beautifully magnificent, humble, and giving person I know. You forever challenge me to be better. I love you for it. Lastly, to my best friend: Lashon Hayes. You are a gift from heaven. I believe every woman is beyond fortunate to have someone like you in their life. It is an esteemed honor to call you sister and friend.

      Special thanks and love to my brothers: Detrich Mayer, Mark Neal, Radford Rogers, Robert Moore and Sean Lee.

      Introduction

      Who has earned the right to define what is beautiful and what is not? Is it society, media or the people we love? The answer is no one. Every individual has earned the right to develop their own definition of beauty based upon their uniqueness and undying spirit from within. Beauty’s depth goes much further and beyond physiological factors. I believe that beauty comes in all shapes, sizes and colors. Our present day society would disagree as it equates beauty primarily with looks and external factors. Underneath the makeup, clothes, and skin resides the real you. It is your essence. It is your substance. Your experiences and eternal fragrance dictate the magnitude of your very being. The inward adorning of a woman masterfully constructs a way to paint itself on the canvas of her physical body.

      My working definition for beauty is anything that brings pleasure to your senses. It can be seen, tasted, smelled, heard and felt. Obviously sight makes up only one-fifth of the spectrum for what is holistically beautiful. We should not measure our value or esteem based upon an unrealistic and false definition that has been passed down for generations. Doing so creates vicious cycles of poor self image, insecurities and inferiority complexes. I know because I have lived it as many of you may have. It took many years for me to overcome but thank God it can be beaten! Our self-perception comes from whose words we choose to believe. Exchanging negative thoughts with God’s thoughts about you will revolutionize your life in ways you could have never dreamed.

      The purpose of this book is to help you discover what true beauty is in a reflective but practical way. Being beautiful doesn’t come from your hair or body. It comes from being authentically you. Now, let’s dive into the fountain and truths of the irresistible beauty that resides in you!

      Stephanie R. Mayer

      Chapter One

      Such a Beautiful Face

      My mind is filled with memories of the wonderful pleasures of growing up in the small town of Raeford, North Carolina. It was a place in time where everyone knew your name and your family. There was no need to keep your doors locked. Crime rates were low and being your brothers’ keeper was at an all time high. I cannot forget how the evening street lights were our most trusted clock as it dictated the time us kids better be home for dinner. These were the days -- days of simplicity and satisfaction as I remember.

      Being from a close knit community makes it easy to think either very big or very small. Luckily in my case, thinking big was my lot. Whether the big dreams chose me or I chose them, I cannot say. All I knew was that a world with endless possibilities lived in my imagination and was as real as the beat of my heart. There was a strong desire to become someone great for the betterment of mankind. As early as five years young, I recall wanting to grow up to be (my exact words and thoughts at the time) a good person that helps God sometimes and helps people sometimes. Little did I know that both are one in the same; but my desire to help was from a soft, innocent and pure place. My mother and father were the most giving people I had ever seen so it would be fair to assume that the same spirit of giving would be embedded in my siblings and me. (To this day, all five of us are givers). Our parents taught us that helping God involves helping people. Likewise loving God requires loving people. The motivation of ministry, charity, or any good work should always be people. If it is not, then we must re-assess our truest intentions.

      Implanted Desires

      From an early age, I noticed an internal desire to be compassionate, helpful, and effective in my life. But how did it get there I wondered? Did I make this up on my own? Did I admire those traits from someone I respected from afar? Did I see an ideal actor or actress on TV who personified all I wanted to become? I believe that God places His desires in our hearts so that we will know the path in which we should walk. I like to think of desires as being clues or hints to let us know we are going in the right direction. There is a big difference between desires we come up with on our own and desires He places within our hearts. Deep down inside, every man knows the difference. God’s desires are truth, purity, and love that all derive from His Word. God’s desires for mankind are found there and are motivated by unceasing love. Sometimes our personal desires can be seasonal, perhaps based on the latest trend or fad. It can change like the wind but God’s desires for you are eternally stamped on the canvas of your heart. Nothing can ever satisfy this type of desire except its fulfillment and manifestation.

      I had to know more. I longed to discover more about me and the God in me who was steadily at work orchestrating every detail in the life of the little girl I was and the woman I would one day become.

      Such a Beautiful Face

      My childhood was not anything out of the norm. I did not really have outstanding gifts or qualities -- especially not like my older sister Daphne. I admired her more than words can say — and I still do. I sometimes wished I was more like her than more like me (if I can say it that way). Daphne had musical talents, beauty pageants, social events, an outgoing personality and the lovely list goes on and on. I felt very average. I played T-ball every summer, enjoyed swimming, laughter and good food. I was kind of shy and stayed very close to home, church, mom, and the elderly. People in general had two sentences to describe my persona: Stephanie is so sweet, and she has such a beautiful face. I’m sure it was offered as a compliment but I perceived it as something totally different. I concluded that if only my face was beautiful then there was something wrong with the rest of me. Maybe I as a whole wasn’t enough because only my face was considered beautiful. Maybe if I were more like Daphne I’d fit the bill of being a person that someone else wanted or wanted to be around. In my young mind, to be wanted meant I select you as my top choice as opposed to I’ll take you because you’re the best of what’s left. Consequently, I adopted the idea that Stephanie as a whole would not measure up because the full-figured external somehow smothered the beauty of the person within. I told myself that maybe my beautiful face was the best thing I had going for me. At least, people thought something was good about me.

      Everything is based upon our perception and the internal place we look out from. Rehearsing such negative thoughts caused me to look out from the stained windows I created from within. Poor self esteem, fear, and inferiority complex are three villains that had been my dance partners for many years. Most times when they called my name to dance, I rarely refused as I had little fight to think more of myself. I desperately needed an outlet, some way to let myself out of the prison of my mind; a prison that was self-imposed and layered chain by chain over time. I really had no valid reason to have had those types of inward battles. I was provided for, had a good family, did well in school, and stayed out of trouble for the most part. Most creative people who

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