Most of the time, I tend to see my flaws more than my beauty. Partly because I compare myself to anyone I find attractive.
I admire girls who exude effortless beauty. It seems like they have everything together and are confident. All I can do is stare, hoping people look at me the same way.
You see — I didn’t always fit into the beauty standards. I was surrounded by people who showed the utmost potential for elegance. I was simply existing, plain, and boring ol’ me.
For a moment, I thought it was normal to feel very insecure. I’d cry myself to sleep, praying and begging God to give me the privilege they have. It’s not until today that I realized — I was pretty too.
I was not the “clear skin, small nose, hourglass body, perfect smile” type of pretty. But the “her eyes light up when she reads” pretty or “her laugh is contagious” kind of pretty.
All the wasted time looking at someone and hurting myself just because I couldn’t have what I already had. I was so preoccupied with what I didn’t possess that I forgot to appreciate what I already had.
This served as a lesson for me to embrace who you are and the uniqueness you bring to the world. Be your own type of beauty. Be free and know that you’re beautiful regardless of what society tells you. Ignore the beauty standards. You are enough just as you are, uniquely yourself.
“The fastest way to kill something special is to compare it to something else.”
-A.L ౨ৎ ⋆｡˚
