Some November Awareness

Happy November, you all! 

This month is filled with holidays and awareness causes. Did you know that, besides Movember, this month is also Stomach Cancer and Transgender Awareness month? 

Not that any of this month's causes less important than others, but today I'm doing my part in raising awareness for Transgenders. Although there has been so much progress made in the last few years, there's still a lot of work to be done, and a lot of respect to be earned. 

Lea T - You're Beautiful!

Since I started sharing my ideas with you all, the main focus has been to encourage self love and acceptance. Once we've mastered that, finding a swimsuit is the fun part. Now, take a moment to think of how many times we've looked at ourselves and didn't necessarily like what we saw, I'm sure it has happened way more times than it probably should have. But that aside, our blessing is that, although we were looking into a mirror and finding flaws, we recognized ourselves in the reflexion. We weren't looking at ourselves thinking "here I am in a girl's body, but really I am a man", or vice-versa. Yet transgender people face that thought pretty much every day of their lives, especially when living without any support or encouragement to become who they really are. And we haven't gotten to the part about the rejection they suffer from the outside world yet. 

I know that a lot of times it's hard for us to support what we don't understand. But the truth is, we could always use our imaginations to put ourselves in another person's situation and have a pretty accurate idea of what they're going through and how they may feel. And once we've reached that point, there's no going back, we can't help but stand by and offer our assistance to those who need it. So I say we take a moment today and put ourselves in Transgender shoes, just to see how we feel. I am sure a lightbulb will come on.

Here at OMS I encourage you all to find your beauty, strength, self love and respect. And I'm here to state that when I say all, I mean it! And I know that you are all out there finding beauty not only within yourselves, but in others around you as well. Make sure you keep on doing that; we never know how far a little support will go!

Wishing you all an amazing month of November, with lots of love and support!