Do you ever just look at yourself in the mirror and loudly think, "I hate myself" or "I hate the way I look"?
Anxiety and depression take over in full force. No matter how many people tell you that you're beautiful inside and out, you can't build up the belief and will to believe them. Having the ability to thoroughly listen to those who speak beautiful things to you, is the first step in acceptance and loving yourself. You are absolutely beautiful no matter what. Hearing that statement feels like a foreign language, but if you listen closely, you will understand. "You are beautiful" and "You are amazing" are not clichés or overused, but valid and truthful.
You are so incredibly loved by others and you put them first to make them happy. You can't help it; it's just the type of person you are. While there is nothing wrong with doing so, putting yourself first and getting the chance to love and focus on that spirited soul and radiant body is utterly important.
There are going to be people in your life who are temporarily present (whether it is a boyfriend, girlfriend, family, or best friend), but there is only one person you can fully count on: yourself. Your strong feeling of courage and love for yourself can lead you to the most powerful thing in the world: self-pride.
In this world today, most juvenile behavior revolves around judgement. There are going to be people taking that first glance at your face and your body being the size they are. Those people are the ones who are not worth worrying about. If people are looking at you and repulsively saying "She is so fat" or "She is way too skinny," that is where loving yourself for who you were born to be and flaunting it comes in. I hate to break it to you, but no woman is the perfect Barbie doll or supermodel. No man is the perfect athlete or male underwear model. However, do you know what does make them perfect? Their beautiful, existing soul that lives underneath the judgement, which doesn't get enough recognition as it should.
We have all experienced a lack of love for ourselves at one point of our life due to other people being ignorant, but this is the time where we need to stop letting people think for us. This is your life, your body, and your amazing and loving heart that is just trying to reach out. For those who cannot see what the inside brings, they are simply not worth staying in your life. Only you can make yourself completely happy. Forget what others have to say or think, because you are you; you are beautiful.
