i want to tell you something. will you PLEASE just listen?

i want you, yes you reading this, to get up and look at yourself in the mirror. i don't want you to look at just your face. your whole body. take your makeup off, put your natural hair down, and i want you to repeat these words…

“im beautiful. my freckles are pretty, my dimples are cute, my uneven eyebrows are gorgeous, my eyes are amazing, my acne scars are not ugly,and my lips are beautiful. i have lovely curves, and any boy/girl would kill to love me. i am truly beautiful, and no one has any right to tell me otherwise.”

i know, this sounds cheesy. but im tired of looking at myself and not liking what i see. and im tired of looking at young women look at themselves and hating what they see too. i don't care if you weigh 300 or 90 pounds, have lots of freckles or none at all, have weird toes and fingers or have a gigantic nose. all those things are the most beautiful parts of you. so, i want you to turn that computer off and i want you to go outside and scream “i am beautiful!” because its true. i want you to work the sidewalk like a run way and i want you to believe in yourself. DON'T argue with me. just believe ok? believe you have every right to be loved, believe you have every right to be happy. wipe those tears away and do something! always wear a smile because it looks gorgeous on you. dance in the middle of the street with no worries! (don't get hit of course..) dream until your head explodes! just please, please

Author's Note

this isn't a story, but i put it down as one haha. its more of a conversation between me and you. because i know, I KNOW, that we have all struggled with this before.

Reviews

[Brad Nugent]

Very nicely said, JTAB. Why is self-acceptance so difficult? Why do we see what we would rather be in other people so easily? Why can't we recognise how awesome we are in our own skin? Why am I asking stupid rhetorical questions in a 'review'? 8-). I loved this conversation. Thanks for posting.

[MichelleClay]

This is a wonderful idea. I particularly liked how you opened. It definitely grabbed the reader. You have an important message in this story - that we should all be happy with what we have. I know that there are many parts of myself that I really do not like but I’m learning to love them. Well done

[PyroKitty24]

So true. I think everyone has thought this at least once in their lives, and i'll admit I think it quite a lot. And I scold myself when i think something good. It helps to read things like this~

[Rikkevi Rue]

nice. sweet and very considerate...and TRUE!! I am one of those vain ones who already thinks that! LOL!! But right on to you for posting it GIRL! XOXOXO

[Cassiopia Summers]

Wow... Just wow.. You are an amazing person for writing this. I won't lie, it brought tears to my eyes and a smile to my lips. Thank you for caring. It's a great uplifter for girls who are going through that "low self esteem" time now. Absolutely beautiful message. Thank you.

[Max]

I'm glad someone feels this way other than me and you did a amazing job with it.

[Jeremy Baker]

Good on you for posting this and more, BELIEVING this. More people need to. Thank yopu for sharing with uos thios positive and affirming message.

[Dreamer<3]

This has an amazing message because every girl goes through low self esteem at some point (or maybe more than 'some point') but yeah. You're so right...this is really good.