It's very common that, when asked the opinion of themselves, people squirm. They don't like to share that information because, truthful or not, it's just how they see themselves. For years, I struggled with seeing myself for who I am; a kind individual who often times cares too much for others and gets emotional about everything. Even with my looks, I can be told I'm beautiful so many times my brain hears it in my sleep, but it won't make me see anything other than average.

I thought I was strange for seeing both the good and not so good qualities of myself. For seeing things that were true and some that, by everyone else's ideas of me, not. I was set to find out if I was the only one who thought this way when it came to my own opinions of myself. The results, kind of shocked me...

While most of the responses were from females, the answers all were generally the same. Most were able to say at least one thing they liked about themselves despite the negativity they were fighting against. What surprised me was that, not many of them discussed their appearance. The question I had asked was "How do you see yourself?" That could've been taken in different ways. Some could have taken it as physical traits, but most took it as personality and morals.

It's enlightening to see that people also struggle with coming to terms of the beauty that lies within them. They all know it's there, they just are learning to accept it.

Accepting flaws is easy, accepting the beauty everyone else sees is not.