Beautiful and Confident Women Should Not Be Intimidating

Today we see an abundance of women that are strong, determined and considerate. Women such as vice president-elect #Kamala Harris, news anchor Gayle King, cake designer Wanisha Bey, Dory Bork, who writes friends in Russia that have been falsely imprisoned and numerous other strong, immensely talented and fabulous women. Beautiful, confident, determined and despised. These are words that Debra Simmon, of Hampton, Virginia is confronted with daily. During a recent interview by my twin sister Paulette, it was obvious that Debra, not only has the looks but has prevailed in the highest levels of her field. Debra's immaculately decorated, single home is filled with top designer shoes, clothing, and fancy vehicles. This woman has accomplished, everything materially and spiritually.

Debra, has tremendous faith in God, is well educated, exudes wisdom and is simply a down home, down to earth, #hardworking woman. Her love and concern for others are quite apparent. Should we view this type of successful woman as a threat or be intimidated by her success? Unanimously, many would agree that we should not be intimidated or threatened by these types of beautiful, #successful women. Yet, the majority of women in Debra's category, clearly express how they are singled out by others and treated with contempt because of exterior appearance, as well as their determination to achieve their goals. How sad this statement is because within the majority of these scenarios, women like Debra, just happen to be beautiful but they have worked hard to accomplish their goals.

#Beauty Should Not Be the Source Of Our Conversation

Beautiful, confident women were looked upon favorably by our Creator Jehovah God. God inspired men such as Solomon to write, “A poetic book of the Hebrew Scriptures that tells of the unswerving love of a Shulammite girl for a shepherd boy and King Solomon’s unsuccessful attempt to capture her love...lt is but one song and not a collection of songs.” These loving, powerful words at Song of Solomon 1:15 states, “Look! You are beautiful, my beloved. Look! You are beautiful. Your eyes are those of doves.” These alluring decriptive words prove that our Heavenly Father appreciated beauty as well. He inspired and used these Bible writers to acknowledge the significance of words such as beautiful.

The daunting discussion of beautiful, confident women, has been viewed very negatively recently. An article entitled, Do We Hate Confident Women? features the detrimental information concerning Samantha Brick, where she wrote about how, “pretty” she is, and “how it leads to constant spontaneous gift-giving by men around her." Samantha went on to describe that, "There are downsides to being pretty, the main one being that other women hate me for no other reason than my lovely looks." This type of repulsive, #egotism may cause some people to view all beautiful, confident women as a source of intimidation or a threat. Consider, #Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary's definition of egotism, "Excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun; the practice of talking about oneself too much; an exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit." This type of individual can be a negative influence around others because a person like Samantha, can be defined as pretty and thinks she’s better than others.

Negative behaviors can evolve such as verbal abuse, bullying toward others or excessive pride. There is nothing wrong with a woman who not only has good looks but is confident in her abilities. #Steve Harvey's book and previous movie, #Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, establishes that point for all women. We can be strong, confident and beautiful yet, demure and submissive to our man without acting like one. The Bible warns us that we should never be, "doing nothing out of contentiousness or out of egotism, but with lowliness of mind considering that the others are superior to you." (Phillippians 2:3) #New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Hopefully, Samantha Brick is not really egotistical. Our outward appearance should never be the source of conversation because we can be deprived of beauty, in an instant due to "unforeseen occurrences."

Outward Appearance Should Never Be the Focus

A major story in the headlines previously was the horrific accident of Lauren Scruggs. Radar Online.com, interviewed her mother in an article entitled, #Disfigured Model Lauren Scruggs Bravely Reveals Amputated Limb, "After bravely enduring surgeries, physical therapy after losing her left hand and eye in a tragic plane propeller accident, Lauren Scruggs is on the mend, staying positive and getting used to the 'new norm.“ This type of catastrophe reminds us how unexpected events can occur in our lives where that sense of physical beauty is torn away instantly. Never would we want to focus on our outward appearance which can be so fickle and insignificant.

Appreciate the Inner Person to Avoid Being Intimidated By Others

#Beautiful and confident women should never be a threat when we are in their presence. Intimidation should definitely not exist, especially when these women radiate with love and concern for others. Our family, unfortunately, experienced the death of a dear relative recently. The majority of us had never met Debra Simmon, but she offered that all of us could stay at her home which consisted of more than twelve people. What a loving gesture. Debra really made us feel at home during the time of our loss. This was a demonstration of inner beauty. During the interview, Debra acknowledged something that she taught her daughter Selina, "to have a heart for people." In the end, it is truly not only what is on the outside but what is dwelling on the inside and how we extend that to others. What a beautiful example we can all apply in our lives as an inner extension of love, rather than being concerned about our outward appearance.

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