Hey, you.

I have been dreaming of having a perfect body since I was probably 10. This was the time that I first started having body image issues. I was never the skinny girl, so maybe this is why I always wanted the perfect body. Or maybe it was because I saw girls in magazines whose bodies were so perfect and they looked beautiful in the bathing suits or outfits that they were modeling. Maybe it was because I wasn't born skinny. I was born premature so I guess I might have always had the mindset that I need to keep gaining weight because I was so little when I came into this world. Maybe it is because I just love food too much and I don't feel like not eating burgers or ice cream in the summer.

Over the years, I have always wanted the body that everyone was jealous of or the one that always looked good in everything that I wore. I have now realized that will probably never happen. I will never have the perfect summer body because I am human and I am not perfect. I have stretch marks because I have grown from being a premature baby to a grown young woman. I have experienced a life that some have not experienced. I have gone through things that have made my body look the way it does. I guess I am finally realizing that I do not want a perfect body because it would make me a whole new person.

The perfect summer body is really only a thing in one's mind. There is no perfect summer body because everyone is unique in their own ways. Not everyone has the same body as the girl next to them. Everyone was created differently for a reason because we are not all identical no one is perfect. Perfect should not even be a word to describe one's body because it just messes with people's heads. It makes them want to have a perfect body when perfect isn't even a thing someone can achieve. That word made me think I could have a "perfect" summer body but in reality, there is no way that is possible. Not everyone has a six pack of abs but they still are beautiful. Not everyone fits in a bikini but they are still beautiful. Not everyone likes the way they look in the clothes they wear but they are still beautiful.

Having a summer body will not make or break your summer. Put on the bikini and rock it no matter if you have a summer body or not, you are beautiful! Put on the dress that makes you so happy and go dance in the rain! Go live your life to the fullest this summer and maybe you will fall in love with the body that you have right now because it is the one that lets you live the life you are living.

From A Girl Who Has Never Had A Summer Body And Never Will