"If you talked to your friends the way you talked to your body, you'd have no friends left." -Marcia Hutchinson

It is just crazy how everything can change from the time you are 5 until you are in your early 20s. As a person, you go from being your number one fan and supporter to being your biggest critic. When you are a child, you do not think about what other people see when they look at you, what you are eating and how you present yourself. Within that moment in time, you saw yourself at your best because you did not know what the worst was.

Worst is when you realize that once you become older that your body is going to begin to change and take on a new form. You stop seeing your body as this beautiful canvas with numerous possibilities of embodying self-love, worth and positive vibes. With that comes the opinions and ideals everyone starts to have for your own body instead of them worrying about themselves. Men and women both forget that their bodies are their home and you are suppose to respect and love it. You are meant to be you for a reason and when you take care of it, amazing things happen.

Love your body, because everyBODY is beautiful. Your body is blank when you are born because as you get older, it starts to tell a story. Every stretch mark, every scar and every tattoo was created or put there to show an external reflection of what your body has transformed into. A person should never let someone else, social media or magazines tell them how their body is supposed to look. We all want something different, and we should because we are all different people; there is no wrong way, but be the happiest and healthiest for yourself. You are young regardless of how old you are because you are only as old as you feel. So, be selfish for yourself. Be about your goals, your growth and your worth.

If you can focus on all the bad angles you can view yourself with, then you should be able to focus on how good you look in the best angles too. It should be the love that you have for you that should matter the most. No one is born Photoshopped, so stop stressing. If you want to workout (do it), if you want to eat two whole pizzas (do it), if it makes you happy (do it). Learn to be faithful and loyal to your body because it is the only one you have. Always remember a scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationship with gravity. It cannot measure character, beauty, talent, purpose, possibility, strength or love. People will view you how you view yourself, and how you see yourself is the most important belief of all. Every(BODY) is beautiful.