Your profile is beautiful. I love "Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself," because it is so true. I had a rough first part of high school, and I was pretty sad for almost all of it. Depressed actually. Like clinically diagnosed. I was hanging with people that didn't like my awesomeness, and were putting me down because of it. I pondered why I was on the earth in the first place. I REALLY pondered it. My grades slipped, and I fell into a hole of blackness, with no way out. I could feel myself drowning, while everyone else around me was breathing. It utterly sucked. I was a shadow of my former self. I didn't care about anything, I was rude, I was quiet, and I contemplated the pros of death. It really was like the air was being sucked out of me. An alternate universe.
But eventually with some help, things got better. Much better. I met awesome people ( @PinnochioBoy ) that loved me for my loud, boisterous, energetic, perky, awkward, prideful, hopeful, optimistic, smart personality, and didn't try to change me because of it. And to me, that's so important. Find people that LIKE you, and LIKE to spend time with you.
I truly see my beauty in myself now, in showing my true self. I LIKE being optimistic. I LIKE being dramatic. I LIKE MYSELF now. And because of it, I can now move on from those old people, and start anew, waving my flag of freedom in my train. Because I'm moving on from those bad memories, and making new ones. My life shall, can, and will continue.
(Gosh so many words for one comment tee hee)