Shawn Mendes Imagines

((Message From Avey))

YOU GUYS ARE NOT THUMBS OR POTATOES OR TOES OR WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELF.

I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ALL LOOK LIKE BUT I knOW YOU ARE ALL FAJSJXC BEAUTIFUL.

okay listen, I'm not just going to sit here and tell you reasons your all beautiful or something, but you don't have to say "you're so pretty and I look like a tomato" or whatever. giving someone a compliment doesn't mean beating down on yourself.

when I was born, I was diagnosed with shigella (which is like some kind of childhood virus idk) and I had it for years until I was like 4. to treat it, they had to give me multiple shots in my neck and I still have a scar because of one of them (with a particularly large needle). but also because of all the medicine, when my front teeth came in one of them had a big white spot on it that's very noticeable.

I'm telling you this, because I was insecure about these things for years. kids would tease me about my smile because my front tooth was TWO DIFFERENT COLORS AND YOU COULD TELL FROM 283847 MILES AWAY.

I would try to whiten my teeth to get them the same shade or hide my scar with makeup, because I didn't think I looked beautiful with them. but later I realized without these "flaws", I wouldn't be alive and healthy today. they're battle scars! (cliche, ik. but it's true).

I've learned that these things make me beautiful, because no one else has these things on their body. and if we all looked the same, it would be sO boring.

(and you know what I'm talking about, all these girls altering their bodies and faces so they can fit in, like I tried to do).

I mean there are still times when I will look at someone from school and wish that I had her body, or her teeth, or her hair. That's only because I'm constantly comparing myself to others when I should just be appreciate what I've been given instead.

I know you are all beautiful, okay? even if you don't have a thigh gap. or you have battle scars like me. or stretch marks. or no flat stomach. whatever the case may be, whatever you're insecure about, just forget all the people who tell you they aren't beautiful because one day someone is going to love you unconditionally, no matter what you hate about yourself.

you don't need to be perfect. our world's version of perfect have incredibly thin standards based on qualities you can't control. you are all perfect.

and even if you were just saying you were ugly to make me or whoever feel better, and you don't really think you are, then just don't say it. I know you're being nice but I hate those comments.

it's okay to be comfortable in your own skin. it's okay to say you're pretty. (just don't say that you're prettier than someone else bc that's just rude dood).

sorry for this rant, but I love you guys and I hate to see you beating down on yourselves.

ilysfm

- avey