| Most girls these days hate the way they look. Just today I was in the store with my friend buying stuff for Christmas. I asked her if she wanted to get an energy drink; she informed me she is on a very strict diet. The friend in question (whose name I am deliberately not saying) is very pretty, and at a healthy weight. So, being a naturally curious person, I wondered why she would be on such a diet that restricted having something like that once in a great while. She confessed to me that when she looks in the mirror, she cries.
Now, I have struggled with issues like this too, as do countless girls, but the girl in question is very pretty. She’s downright beautiful, I couldn’t see how she could find any flaws, but she manages to. As I have said, I struggled with issues like this too. I have hated myself. I have looked into the mirror and cried because of what I saw. I know exactly what it's like. Once a friend asked me what I liked about my appearance. I just sat there, thinking. I couldn’t come up with a single thing. After a minute or so, he started to realize why I was so quiet. He then changed his question to what would I change? He was shocked while he listened to me name off almost every aspect. I have spent many a night lying awake, crying. But, over time, I have come to realize something, I am beautiful!
I may not be 5’10", manicured nails, anorexic skinny, and manage to have a perfect tan in the dead of winter, but I am pretty. I may not look like the models invading my TVs and magazines, but who really does? Here I stand, 5’9", hair dyed unnatural colors, chipped nail polish, and so pale I could blend in with paper, finally thinking of myself as pretty. That’s a huge step for me, and I wish other girls would take that step too.
No matter what, you are beautiful! And I’m not just talking about physical beauty here. Everyone is beautiful, inside and out. You, dear reader, are beautiful, simply because you are you. You may not be perfect, but embrace the flaw, they're beautiful because they exist, they set us apart.
I wish every girl would come to this little bit of knowledge. I’ve been on the other side, and it’s not a good way to live. No one should have to exist in that state of mind.
I don't think anyone really ever sees themselves clearly. But I, for one, am sure as hell trying. |
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