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The Culture Report

Inspirational Corner w/J'Cherrelle Avery

Make You Famous
By J’Cherrelle Avery

Fame: noun

The state of being known or talked about by many people, especially on account of notable

achievements.
I was trying to take a selfie. I took about 10 different shots and got discouraged, none of the pics made

me look IG ready. So, I switched over to Snap Chat because I am too cheap to buy a good filtering

program. I found a cute filter that gave me smooth skin, great color, perfect lighting and perfectly

applied lashes, click…I was me again. Or was I? Now, I’m pretty low-key and I only have about 299
followers, but for some reason posting an unfiltered me was not good enough yesterday. I wasn’t good

enough for myself yesterday.

Inside of every human being there is a deep desire to be accepted, connected, and affirmed by others.
According to a famous researcher by the name of Maslow, to be known and accepted by others is part

of human self-esteem. Contrary to what people may say, it has been scientifically proven that people

need other people. However, like anything human, needing
“So, God created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God, he created them; male and
female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27) others to feel good about yourself is perverted if it actually
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know takes others to make you feel good about yourself.
it. Psalm 139:14 (NLT)

In the Christian Bible, we are taught that God made male

and female in his image very carefully and with wonderful complexity. In every faith, there are sayings
and scriptures that discuss how important self-love is.

Think about it, we need people, but we have to love ourselves before we can ever properly love anyone

else.

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