Be Beautiful, Be You One of the things Lizzie wanted to accomplish in her life was to write a book, and she already did write two. With her first one, “Be Beautiful, Be You” she hopes to help and encourage young adults struggling with self-image and self-esteem. The book offers readers a close-up look into Lizzie’s journey to find beauty within and shares her message of staying true to oneself. In a time when we are, unlike books, judged by our cover and many people change their appearance in order to feel accepted, she has accepted herself extraordinarily well.
http://phunutoday.vn/upload_images/images/girl%205.jpg
Instead of hiding, or feeling sorry for herself, with the support of her family, she found the strength to channel the hatred into motivation and to rise above the cruelty of people calling her a monster. She stood tall and became a really inspirational motivation speaker. Lizzie’s attitude is very contagious; she sprinkles the bitter experiences of her life with a pinch of charming humour. She is telling people how to take charge of their life (like she did herself by killing the negativity with ambition and by defining herself on her own terms). The biggest problem Lizzie is facing in public is that people passing by stop to stare at her, looking her up and down, like she was some animal in ZOO. Instead of watching them judge her, she wants to start addressing them, give them her card and tell them “Maybe you should stop staring and start learning.” During her speeches she asks people who come to listen: “What defines you?” She is talking about what it’s like to be different and how she wouldn’t let it define her. In her own words: “Am I gonna let the people who called me a monster define me? No. I’m gonna let my goals and my success and my accomplishments be the things that define me, not my outer appearance.” For many she is and should be an example of how unimportant are our issues and “values” in life - exteriors.
Sources: www.huffingtonpost.com www.aboutlizzie.com
http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9780764820793_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG
41