If you are on any social media site, you've seen a "hashtag" which is meant to attach a post to a trending topic and make it more "visible" or something. I won't get into it too much. But on Tuesday, there is a certain one called "Transformation Tuesday" where the idea is to Instagram an old photo of you and a current one and look at how much you've changed. I haven't really participated very often, maybe once in the past. But this past Tuesday I took two very similar photos of myself, one from February 2007 and one from December 2013 and put them side-by-side. Here is the result:
I look so much like the same person. My face has thinned in some areas and widened in others, that's what the difference between 16 and 23 is. Anyone looking at the photos would see that my hair still curls the same way over my forehead, I have red-eye because of my bright blue eyes, I have lines around my smile and my chin, and I'm happy as ever posing next to my best friends in formal dresses. Even though I look almost the exact same in the two photos, years of growing and learning and experiencing life have completely transformed me as a person. I could go on for DAYS about how I've changed and grown, and I'm sure that anyone who knows me could give you a few sentences on that, but what's really important is that we need to look for transformations in ourselves and those around us in ther actions, not only their appearance. And in AmeriCorps, my job is to help my team members grow and change and live for something bigger than their appearance. The size of your heart or the knowledge in your brain can't be reflected in a hair cut or by dropping a dress size. Don't let your inner self suffer because your outer self wants the most likes on next week's "Transformation Tuesday." Instead, think of how you've transformed yourself. Have you helped transform other people?
And finally,
Are you a transformer?
you are such a great girl!!! Love you
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