Love Yourself

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You look in the mirror and wish you had a clearer face. Then look at your body and wish you had a smaller waist like all the "pretty" girls who receive all the praise. This is being caged by insecurity with no clue of how to escape. I know how you feel because I still have insecurities I'm trying to overcome. I still have parts of me I have yet to love. I still have parts of me I never believed were enough. So who am I? I'm just someone like you. Trying to help you see the beauty on the inside and outside of you. Society's standards will never define you. Society's standards only exist to blind you. That's why you fail to see that curves are okay, and being skinny is okay. A clear face is okay and blemishes are okay. Every feature regarding you is perfectly okay. There's no such thing as having to look a certain way. It sucks to spend your life comparing yourself to someone else. And it sucks that loving yourself doesn't seem to be an easy task. It's easier said than done but here's step number one. Don't seek someone's approval in the way you look.

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