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Reminder

I found the bookmark I was looking for. It was not so much the bookmark, but its message which I wanted. I needed this reminder:

The Perfect Woman

A woman knelt in prayer, and in anguish cried out to God:

"Dear Lord, I can't compete in this world. I am just a simple woman. I don't have perfect hair or perfect teeth, a perfect smile or a perfect figure. I want so much to fit in with this world that asks for perfection. I want to be loved and appreciated and needed. Oh God, please do something. Change me."

"My dear child," replied the Lord, "to Me you are simply wonderful. I accept you just as you are. I knew you even when you were in your mother's womb, and I have you engraved upon the palm of My hand. Each part of you was created in My image. And I am changing you, daily.

"But you see, I work differently than the world. I work from the inside out. And deep within your heart, I see the beginning of... perfection."

Men, go here for your equivalent :)