Self-acceptance is about realizing that god has his own way of creating people. – Nora
Self-acceptance is about realizing that god has his own way of creating people. – Nora
Inner beauty
is the power of perception and self-confidence. It is defined as something that is experienced through a person’s character rather than by physical appearances.
Inner beauty helps you appreciate outer beauty. Remember, outer beauty can give you a glance but it is inner beauty that makes someone stay.
~ Nora Abu Hassan

Self-acceptance is about realizing that god has his own way of creating people. All of us need to stand up to bullies and play a role in empowering every child to never feel scared or humiliated.
Read what Nora had to say and find out how the author learned to live with hers.
Born To Smile is Malaysia’s first memoir about life with a cleft lip and palate. Nora Abu Hassan spent her early years dealing with facial deformity, multiple surgeries, school bullies, tactless people, and enough emotional baggage to last a lifetime. Every day, she battled physical adversity with spiritual courage and went on to achieve important life goals: university, a career in banking, running a successful business, becoming a wife, mother and recently, grandmother. And yet, self-acceptance remained elusive.
Born To Smile is written for everyone desperately wanting to overcome adversity and to understand what it takes to get past self-critism and low self-esteem. Nora Abu Hassan writes candidly about her journey towards self-empowerment. Born To Smile is her story of personal courage, transformation and self-acceptance in the face of a world which challenged her to find her smile in the midst of her pain.
