Each and every day we grow, we change, and we are constantly discovering new things about ourselves. I find that with each thing I discover about myself there is usually something I am constantly disliking about myself as well. Often it adds up that I dislike more things about myself than I do like about myself, and even if that's not the case the things I dislike about myself have a heavier weight on my shoulders than the things I like. I end up spending more time looking at or thinking about the bad rather than the good. I know I am not the only one.

In today's world there are so many things that society can put under a microscope, and things that people will consider social norms, when they really are not. It is not normal for people to judge one another on physical hardships, mental hardships and things that people have no control over. Individuals are constantly judged over what they like especially when it's not liked by everyone. The minute you start to hop off the bandwagon is the second people will decide whether or not it was "cool" of you to do that or if they want to judge you for it. Let me just say, you can like what you like because the only person who is really going to benefit from it, is you. Every person is entitled to their own unique way of living their life. You can make the decision to care about what people say or think but you are not alone in your insecurities.

I attend a Bible study once a week with a group of my closest friends, and this week was about targeting what is easily taken out from underneath us by our enemies. A lot of girls said that something that was easily targeted for them was their insecurities. We all started to discuss what was hardest for us to deal with and as we started to share we discovered that the people we tend to put people on pedestals and compare ourselves to them. Then we saw that some people in the room put each other on pedestals, and the person who you have on a pedestal most likely has insecurities that you just don't see because to you that thing comes naturally. We all have fear, anxieties and insecurities. You are not alone in that, the people around you are not perfect, but we can build each other up instead of tearing each other down.