"Hey you! Yes, you. Stop being unhappy with yourself. You are perfect. Stop wishing you looked like someone else or wishing people liked you as much as they like someone else. Stop trying to get attention from those who hurt you. Stop hating your body, your face, your personality, your quirks. Love them. Without those things you wouldn't be you, and why would you want to be anyone else? Be confident with who you are. Smile. It'll draw people in. If anyone hates on you because you're happy with yourself then you stick your middle finger in the air and say screw it. My happiness will not depend on others anymore. I'm happy because I love who I am. I love my flaws. I love my imperfections. They make me, me. And 'me' is pretty amazing." - Anonymous

I am not going to lie to you, this topic is a hard one. It's something a lot of people wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole, but that's exactly why I chose it. No one is talking about how beauty does not connect to size or that body shaming comes from both sides. People shame others for being too fat or for being too skinny, but who decides what constitutes fat or skinny? Who set these standards of what a person should or should not look like? Body shaming happens to girls all day long, but sometimes people don't see that it happens to men, too. Men are shamed for not being muscular or being too fat, but again who decides these standards? All my life I have listened to others ridicule me or my friends for they way we look. Society has taught us to judge others and set standards of what beauty really is. But, they are wrong. Beauty isn't a size.

"To all the girls that think you're fat because you're not a size zero, you're the beautiful one. It's society who's ugly." - Marilyn Monroe

Because of society, we go around judging others. It's natural. Everyone does it from time to time because it's a habit, something that has been engraved in our heads so much that we do it without thinking. It is because of this that eating disorders exist. They are big deals. They aren't something to mess with or make fun of. Girls and guys are taught to hate their bodies so much that they believe they have to stop eating or eat a lot just to be that perfect size. The question is, what is the perfect size?

"What a shame that the girl who once believed in fairy-tales and magic had to be struck by reality with demons in her mind and the fear of never being loved." - K. F.

We let others make us feel that if we aren't the perfect size, we are unworthy of love. That if we don't lose the weight or gain the weight, that no one will want to be with us. It is a never-ending cycle of judgement and pain.

"Darling, open your eyes. You are not made up of those words that hurt you. Or that number on the scale. Or the expectations that you feel you will never meet. You are made up of nothing more than you. Simply, beautifully, wonderfully, uniquely you. You are a lovely and complex soul. An individually fascinating combination of thoughts, ideas, feeling, emotions. No other is as beautiful as you. Look past the mirror. Look at your soul. Only then will you see yourself as you truly are. Beautiful. So smile! And don't forget to love yourself!" - Anonymous

But ladies and gentlemen, news flash! Your size does not prove your worth. You do. God made us all unique and in all different sizes. It's time we embrace ourselves and say, "I will not change myself for others, I love myself." Judge your beauty on what really matters, your heart! Love yourself and do no be moved "for those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind" -Dr. Seuss

BEAUTY ISN'T A SIZE!!! #selflove