"The real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confidence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts." — Kirsten Dunst

At one point in every girl's life, there comes a time when she struggles with her confidence. Girls are constantly struggling with their insecurities, wondering what that boy thinks about her and making sure her makeup looks good. I've been there; I have struggled with being confident in myself and I overcame it. As I've gotten older, I have realized that believing in yourself is the most important thing. It shouldn't matter what other people think of you. You should be confident enough in yourself, you should love who you are and stay true to what you believe in.

The media, the "mean girls" and that cute guy that treats you horribly won't matter in the long run, so why do we care so much about what they think? How are we supposed to want to be loved by others when we don't even love ourselves? It's easy to get wound up in worrying about other people's opinions of us, but at the end of the day, we have to realize that the people who really matter will stick with us no matter what.

I think the main problem when it comes to having a lack of confidence has to do with constantly comparing ourselves to others. We all do that thing where we wonder how we can be prettier or skinnier than the guy we like's ex-girlfriend. We look at his Twitter and see what pretty girl he's been tweeting and compare every single thing about ourselves to that girl, wondering how we can be better.

We shouldn't have to try to be better than someone else in order to be confident and proud of who we are. We should be able to wake up every morning and look at ourselves in the mirror and be happy with what we see. It doesn't matter what size you wear or how long your hair is. What's inside matters the most and we should let that inner beauty shine through.

I know how easy it is to believe that you aren't good enough because we have all been there at one point or another. Maybe you didn't score as high as you wanted on a test, or maybe you compare yourself to your friends or maybe that guy you liked didn't feel the same way about you. Those things happen to everyone, no matter how confident they seem to be.

Sometimes it's hard to wake up in the mirror, look at ourselves and be completely happy with what we see. It's like we are always thinking we could be better but when it comes down to it, we are who we are for a reason. We are who we are are there is nothing that can change that.

There is no changing what we look like or who we are inside, so why not cherish it? Embrace your natural hair, don't wear so much makeup and be comfortable in that. There is no need to put yourself down when others will try to every single day. Love who you are. Love your flaws and all of your imperfections because that is what makes you beautiful. It's what makes you, you.

Confidence is just a beautiful quality to have. Be happy about who you are, what you love and what you believe in. You were made beautifully by the creator of the universe and He doesn't make mistakes. He has a plan for your life and He made you the way you are for a reason, so delight in that. God doesn't make mistakes and I can promise you that. He loves who you are, how you look and made you the way you are for a reason.

His plan is perfect and beautiful and you should embrace that, not try to change it. Wake up every morning and be confident in who you are. Love yourself and don't let anyone change that. Let your beauty shine through and take in every second. Have goals, work to achieve them and love yourself every single day.