Prepare to be Nude

Nude

So difficult to be nude, we shy away from showing ourselves; our true selves.
We hide behind the garments.The hair products, the make up, the cloth, the underclothes. Then we adorn ourselves with jewelry, hats, scarfs etc. We wear things that hide or remove our imperfections. We try to give a perception of perfection.

I am amused by the creative responses I got from my friends when I posted comments like :
Prepare to be nude
I love being partially nude
and I love being nude. Would you join me?
I got responses ranging from laughter 'lol'
to 'I am bloated, I will not do that today',
'sweet..lol',hmmm, I wonder what he was thinking ..lol.

Nudity since the beginning of time has been a challenge. Our nature is to be free, to show who we are without feeling shame, shy or fearful of what others may think. But the world has taught us otherwise, that we must cover our self in order to avoid being judged; to impress.

I challenged myself to go nude for a few days. I started by wearing no make up and no hair products. Oh boy that was challenging. Although I am not into too much of the makeup stuff, the no hair product and no blow drying was painful for me as I am sure it was for those who had to deal with looking at my unruly curly freeze hair. It was an uncomfortable feeling going out in public that way, but I dealt with it as best as I could and I realized it was not as bad as I thought it would be. No one try to run over me, and I didn't scare to death any of my coworkers or family members.

Prepare to be Nude is a challenge I started for myself. It goes beyond clothing, make up and all the other things we use to make ourselves seem prettier. My challenge has begun to uncover and undress my spirit, my soul and my heart completely.

Through out life there are people, moments, and circumstances that take us from being free spirit, innocent beings to tougher individuals, wiser in many ways and perhaps bitter or hurt in others. We begin to wear make up to cover the blemishes, and the sorrows. We dress our hearts, soul and spirit. We have an outfit for every situation, we choose our garments depending on the celebration.
When we learn to take off those things that hinder us, that rob us of our true self, we will learn to walk free, to be accepted for who we are and to be shamelessly nude!

You can begin with looking up, trusting God, the almighty power that can bring down all the walls, all the make up, all the cloth and under-cloth.
I encourage you my friends, to be part of this challenge with me. To begin undressing, to be you, to not be ashamed, to share and let go of those things that hinder you.

I invite you to post and undress with me at
Oasisofgoodnews.blog.spot.com
You can post anonymously or use your name. Lets encourage and uplift each other.

Prepare to be Nude together..begin the rebelution!

Your friend,
Ivis

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