I am Me, and I am OK

I am Me. 

In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. 

 Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it -- I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. 

I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. 

By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know -- but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. 

If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. 

I am me, and I am 

 Okay.

 

 Virginia Satir quotes (American Phychologist and Educator, 1916-1988)

Happy Holidays and Thank You

Thank You!   

My Pink Purse wants to celebrate the Christmas season thanking our members, benefactors, family and friends for their generous donations of time, products and well wishes!

Your Gifts have made this a fabulous year!!

Hair Down There- Erase it

SHARE from Pretty City on taking Care of the hair Down There!

A Brazilian wax, which involves the nearly complete baring of private parts (front and back), and the application of hot liquid to said parts,can be scary the first time.  Not to worry, here's what you must know including points even veteran waxers may not know about going bare. 

The Prep 

Whether you are a waxing virgin or veteran, pre-wax prepping is a must. First, take a warm shower and exfoliate skin well with a body scrub. Don't shave just before a wax, but do trim hair to about 1/4 inch in length. This will likely be 2 to 3 weeks of hair growth if you normally shave; if you typically wax, allow about 4 weeks between waxing appointments. As you head to your appointment, pop an Advil for discomfort and apply a numbing cream, such as BareEase.

The Appointment 

For waxing virgins, that first appointment can be awkward. If it's your first-ever wax, let your esthetician know. Once you've checked in at the spa or salon, expect to be given a disposable paper G-string, a towel and, oftentimes, a wipe. Remove your underpants, use the wipe to freshen up down below, put on the disposable G-string and lie down on the treatment bed using the towel to cover you. Your esthetician will likely ask you to get into a frog position as she removes errant hairs around the inner thighs and labia. And, if she asks if you want your 'back' done, she's not offering a massage. Say 'yes' if you want all the hair on your bottom regions gone, too.

Day of Joy

Allow your self a day of pure Joy. A day to find humor in everything and a silver lining in all you do. A glass so full day, that your cup runneth over with "goodness". Be sure to pass that enthusiasm on to everyone else you meet.  Passing on the joy and appreciation you have chosen to embrace.  Need some help here is a little joke to help bring out that first smile:
Teacher Ask -"What did your mother do yesterday morning. Vicky?"
"She done her shopping, ma'am."
Teacher replies -"Done her shopping, Vicky? Where's your grammar?"
"She done her shopping too."

greatness

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You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

 

 

 

Red Carpet Affair - Gift Basket Winner

Holiday Gift Basket Winner Shannon Byars is all smiles when she accepted her huge raffle winnings.  A gift basket from My Pink Purse Survivor Essentials at the 13 Black Katz Red Carpet Affair.
An exciting time was had by all at the 13 Black Katz Red Carpet Affair Featuring Eric Roberson
Basket Included:
Lip gloss ...Mary Kay
Nail polish... Mary Kay
Beauticontrol ... Nail polish
-And B.C. Various samples
My Pink Terry cloth hair wrap
My Pink Eye mask
My Pink shower sponge
My Pink facial scrub sponges
My Pink manicure/pedicure set
Dream & Faith earrings by Elzary
25$ bakery gift card from Rose in a Basket
Eyelashes ...Eyes Lips Face
Synsodene whitening toothpaste.
My Pink Purse Scarf and Comb
Free Polish Change .. First Impressions

You are the best Gift to Give - Part 3

By Rev. Wilfert Lee

You are the best gift that you can give for the rest of someone’s life.  You are so valuable, great and awesome that people are waiting to see the gift of love that is inside of you... Don’t be afraid to love unconditionally and feel free to love those who have not been great toward you.  You have the gift of love inside and the ability to love all over you. So when you meet someone, express the love that is inside of you and give him or her the best gift that they will ever have and that is YOU.

After you have spent all of the money to make a great holiday for your love ones, remember the one gift left to give is You.  Be sure to tell someone that you love them and appreciate them for the small things that they have done in your life. Don’t forget to tell them that they are a great and very valuable to you and that your life is better because of them.  Invite them to laugh and live life and continue to show love for each other every day for the rest of their life.  We must make the most of the time we are here and we must give what has been given to us and that is Love!!  

Give the best gift and that gift is YOU!!!!

You are the best gift to Give Part 2- Forgiveness

By Rev. Wilfert Lee

Giving the gift of forgiveness to someone who wronged you when you felt you were right.  The only cost of that gift will be humility and love.  If you really want to give a person a gift that will set them free for the rest of their life, give them the gift of forgiveness. Even if the act felt unbearable. Forgiveness would help you as well as helping the other person and allow you to be healed during this season.  You will no longer be chained by the act of unforgiveness, but loosed by the act of love and forgiveness.

Embracing the holiday season to symbolize love and not just about buying gifts, then YOU will become a gift. 

You are the best Give to Give part 1

By Rev. Wilfert Lee

As we continue to celebrate this holiday season, we want to make sure that the gift you give is appropriate for the people we love.  Many times you just don’t know what gift to give or if what you give is going to be the right gift.  Most people spend great time in planning what to give, and to make sure that they are giving the right gift and the person would be excited about the gift that you give.  As you spend the money and time trying to find the perfect gift, you forget about one gift that is so perfect and can continue to keep giving after the season is over. 

That gift is YOU. You are the best gift to give and you are the gift that will keep on giving.  Many times we don’t understand how valuable we are in someone else life until we realize that we can be that gift.  When you realize that… if you would really show the love that you have for someone, by simply offering to help them accomplish tasks that they have been wanting to do for a long time, then you will be greatly appreciated and loved.  If you could give yourself freely to helping feed the hungry or see about the elderly, cooking a meal for someone who is not able to are just some of the ways to give yourself as a gift. 

Life has happened to each of us and some have enjoyed the good times that it has brought whereas other have had a hard time in adjusting to what life has brought to them.  Reaching out and offering to help in whatever way we can, would be one on the greatest gift that you could give someone.  Changing a person’s life with a simple act of kindness will go a long ways as a gift.  Maybe buying a toy for some other child other than your own or inviting someone over for a holiday meal that can’t afford one or even reading to a group of children the real Christmas story could be some of the ways to become the gift that keeps on giving. 

Teaching the act of love rather than the conversation of love is one of the greatest gifts that you can give someone that they will always remember.