I have always hated when people told me that I had to love myself before I could let someone else love me. It's not that they're wrong, they are 100% correct. The fact that gets me is that they assume I don't love myself. I, on the opposite, love myself... a lot. That may sound vain, but its true. I'm past the phase where I criticize myself for everything. I have accepted myself. Sure, there are things I could change, but I have come to embrace those too.

This is where I think my problem lies. When people tell me that I have to love myself before I let someone else love me I immediately say, "But I do love myself." To me, this is where things get hard. I think "If I see the beauty in myself, why wouldn't someone else? Is what I see not true?" This is anything but the truth.

I won't lie to you, it still gets to me, the fact that no one that I have been interested in has seemed to appreciate me for me, for everything that I am, good and bad. However, every time I get down because some boy doesn't see the something special in the silliness or the anxiety or the Disney freak or the strange plan for my future, I find another thing to love about myself. These situations have taught me to love my resilience, to love my honesty, to love my being as a whole.

So, to the girl that, like me, knows that she is made up of everything amazing and deserves the world handed to her, don't ever doubt this. You are right, you are worthy of someone's unfaltering love! You have accomplished a great feat, learning to accept yourself is hard and something that most people can't do. I guess what we have to do from here is have full faith in ourselves and the way our life is supposed to turn out. You already have the hard part done, stay strong!

Through it all, for you, the girl who knows her worth, life is a constant learning process. So yes love yourself first but know that maybe that's all you need right now. And guess what? You are an amazing woman and no one can change that!