How to Achieve a Flawless Skin

March 16, 2009

Have you wondered why some people have a flawless white skin? What could account for having such unblemished and rosy cheeks?

Apart from some genetic factors, the vitality of the skin primarily depends on the degree of care you spend for it. While you may not be endowed with a fair complexion, you can make your face appear vibrant and your skin healthy by following some practical skin tips. You may find the following tips useful for your personal skin care:

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DECLARATIONS OF A HEALTHY ADULTHOOD:PART THREE

PART THREE: AFFIRMATIONS

Repeat any of these statements often throughout the day to release the receptive, softer side of yourself.

1. I accept this reality: This is my Body.

2. I surrender to every this and Now.

3. My love lets in what fear shuts out.

4. I parent myself.

5. More and more I yield and make peace.

6. I drop “shoulds”; I make choices.

7. I always have a choice.

8. I walk freely on the earth.

9. I have power: I let go of the need to control.

10. I have what I need to do and trust the universe to carry me through.

11. Whatever happens to me is for me.

12. Whatever happens to me grow up.

13. I love others more as they are without any sense of obligation toward them.

14. Wonderful changes are happening in me; I allow them.

15. I am over the fear that I never have enough.

16. I have enough; I have abundance.

17. I notice, receive and appreciate the authentic love others show me.

18. I bring out love in others.

19. I am loved and appreciated by everyone who is important to me.

20. I acknowledge as my own potential what I strongly admire in others.

21. I acknowledge what I despise in others as a denied part of myself.

22. Every beat of my heart releases love into the world.

23. I feel abundant love within me and release it.

24. I grant myself abundance, again and again.

25. I allow my feelings and they become a Path.

26. The universe supports my every transition.

27. I am perfect Here-and-Now and honor myself as I am.

28. I am gentle toward my inner fears.

29. I risk unsupported moments.

30. I allow myself to be happy.

DECLARATIONS OF A HEALTHY ADULTHOOD:PART TWO

PART TWO: ADULT LIVING IN RELATIONSHIPS

1. All factors in relationships pass through phases: intimacy, affection, sexual interest/energy, commitment to children and family, compatibility, self-disclosure.

2. Only at rare moments is the love in one partner the same as that in the other.

3. Priorities are continually changing for each partner. The integrity of the union may not always be a priority.

4. No truly loving relationship takes away – or can take away – even one of your basic human rights.

5. Intimate relationships survive best with constant permission for ever-changing ratios of closeness and distance.

6. What, creates distance in your relationship, you may be using unconsciously to get distance.

7. The best relationship includes space for you to pursue individual choices and to be compassionately attentive to any threat your partner may feel.

8. No one can control or change someone else, no? – is it necessary.

9. No one is loyal or truthful all the time.

10. No expectations are valid and not even agreements are always reliable.

11. Your partner may not always he consistent, nurturant, or a trustworthy friend (nor you to your partner).

12. You are ultimately alone and ultimately able make it alone.

13. No relationship can create self-esteem, only support it.

14. There is no one person who will make you happy, keep you fascinated, love you as yourself.

15. Most people in relationships seldom know what they really want, ask for what they really want, or show what they really feel.

16. Most people avoid or fear intimacy, consistent honesty, intense feelings, and uninhibited self-disclosure.

17. Beneath every serious complaint about your partner is something unowned in yourself.

18. Letting go of blame and the need to be right heals a relationship most efficaciously.

19. Jealousy and possessiveness, though nor desirable, are normal human feelings.

20.”Goodbye” is rarely said clearly; most people ease away wordlessly and avoid full confrontation.

21. No one is to blame when a relationship ends.

22. The end of one relationship will always require a space before another relationship can begin healthily.

23. It is normal for memories, regrets, the wish for revenge, and a recurrent sense of loss far, far to outlast the ending of a relationship.

24. One of your (or your partner’s) parents is a phantom, but active presence at the beginning, middle, or ending of your relationship.

25. The powerful appeal of someone new may tell you more about your own neediness than about the charms of the other person.

26. Relationship is a spiritual path since it consists of a continual shedding of illusions.