You Are Not A Handbag

Every compared yourself to a handbag? Wishing you just came perfect, you were ready made, you didn't have to do anything, you had great curves and your colour never faded, you only broke when you had past your best and you lived in a cupboard (#awkward).

YOU ARE NOT A HANDBAG!

Does a handbag have pride in the things is does?

Does a handbag have a awkward smile?

Do all handbags have silly guilty pleasures and inside jokes with their best friend?

Does a handbag try at everything it does?

Does a handbag have feelings?

Does a handbag have friends?

Is a handbag perfect?

Everything about you is different from anyone else. Don't live up to expectations. Stand for everything you believe in. Smile when you look at yourself. Play air guitar and pretend you are Beyonce. Give the homeless women with the dog half your sandwich. Sit next to the old man in the park that always talks to the pigeons. Admit that you love the colour of your eyes or the shape of your nose. Watch a sad movie and eat all the popcorn you can eat without worrying about your weight (or what your flat mate will say when she finds out you ate all her pop corn...). Pay yourself a compliment everyday. Speak to the postman that you smile at everyday, ask how his day is going. Don't think that every inch of you needs to be perfect or you can't be happy or proud of yourself.

No matter how much you pamper your face with foundation, bronzer, concealer, powder, blusher, primer, moisturiser or anti wrinkle shit, you will be the same person on the inside.

Just smirk...smile...grin...giggle...laugh your embarrassing laugh. Pursue your dream and don't get caught up in you faults and problems. There is some one out there for everyone. Believe in yourself and be real and never be fake. 

Take a whole day off work to just hang around with friends you haven't seen in 15 years or take a week off to visit them in Paris. Listen to your favourite music and sing till your neighbours bash on the wall. Make your guilty pleasures your proud pleasures. It's fine to feel down but remember it happens to everyone and they all make it through. Do something for charity. Raise money selling homemade orange juice.
You are like orange juice not a handbag. 

Every glass of orange juice has a different flavour. 

Every glass of orange juice is a different colour.

Some glasses of orange juice have bits, some don't.

Some are sour and some are sweet.
A glass of orange juice can save a child's life, you can't say that about a handbag. 

Handbags are made in batches to look the same.

They all fall apart, get lost, break and damage easily.

There is always a new handbag that you want but can't have.

They are the go-to-gift for the daughter you hate. 

Handbags can break the bank, but orange juice can't.

Do you still want to be a handbag?

The point is:
 YOU ARE UNIQUE!

YOU ARE A MIRACLE TO THIS WORLD!

YOU ARE PERFECT!
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!
DON'T APOLOGISE FOR WHO YOU ARE!
HANDBAGS CAN BE REPLACED, BUT ONCE YOU HAVE SWALLOWED ORANGE JUICE YOU CAN'T GET IT BACK!
YOU DON'T NEED A HANDBAG TO PROVE THAT!
S.M.I.L.E.