OOTD: A Scarf of Acceptance- Spirit Day

I want you to humor me for a minute: I want you to think of the world as a better place, a place where everyone believes in the hope of mankind and a better tomorrow. Think of the endless 'good days' and the support when the world goes grim. Sound familiar? I hope so, thats what YOUR world is.

Yes thats right, the world according to you and only you. You wear what you want, your thoughts are your own. Everyone at one point in their lives have been gifted with pure untouched liberation. The gaining of a new friend, advice from a loved one, the feeling of new love. Perhaps it was the feeling when you found something you swore hit home, different from anything you knew. Perhaps a book, a clothing style, or a lifestyle that was never introduced to you.

To me, this is what Spirit Day is all about. Spirit Day is where the world over wears purple on October 19th to support homosexual rights. You don't have to be gay to join in this, all you have to do is wear purple and support. To me this holiday means beyond sexual preference, it's the understanding of giving people that right to be themselves. Regardless of my religious views or lifestyle choices, I believe that everyone has the right to make up their mind on what they want to be, who they date, or what they wear. I think our world could change with love and acceptance, because diversity is what makes this world so interesting.

As a big girl I suffered being bullied, from family and peers. I was taught to be ashamed of what I was, I was taught to take diet pills before I hit the age of 10, and I was told that no one would marry me because of my size and my looks were a waste because of it. I grew up, learned they were wrong through plenty of hard lessons, and have come to a point where I accept who I am.

When I started to have gay friends as I got older, I realized that they suffered the way that I had. They were taught to be ashamed of themselves, they were taught to change or never feel love. I think this is a real shame, as they are some of the most responsible beautiful people I've ever known. It's through these trials of life that their eyes can see the beauty in everything, and accept imperfections as uniqueness.

I wear purple today because I get where they're coming from. I wear it because I want to show them that I accept and care for them as they are. I wear purple to show the rest of the world that love and acceptance is what I believe in.

Glasses: Claire's, Earrings: Walmart, Scarf: Old Navy, Linen Blazer: Lane Bryant, Shirt: Lane Bryant, Skinny Jeans: Lane Bryant, Wedges: Dr. Scholls

Happy Spirit Day everyone! Thank you all of you unsung beautiful friends that love me as I am, this is the least I can do to share my appreciation.
-Stef