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You're Perfect

You're perfectly made, please don't hate yourself.

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You're Perfect

When you look in the mirror I know it can be hard to love everything about yourself. Especially when it comes to the blemishes on your face, the splits in your hair, and the cracks in your lips. However I can not express this enough, you're perfect.

When we think of the world's view on ideal beauty what do you usually think? I would like to assume that you think the same way that I do. I think of a tall, skinny, tan, flawless person. Someone who can take a picture effortlessly, or have someone take a picture of them and have not a single line on their face when they smile. Why do we instantly think of someone like that? Well simply it's our media. From magazines, to Instagram, to television. We are forced to live up to these beauty expectations which make us insecure when we feel as though our looks aren't good enough.

The media has created such a huge standard for female or even male beauty. When we have the want to look like these people that is when the next time you look at yourself in the mirror, you see more flaws than you have before. You start to compare yourself to these idols, and you begin to realize that you look nothing like them. But that is okay because you are so much more.

You're so special, and so beautiful. You have so much worth! You are perfectly made, everything about you is truly amazing. You don't have to live up to the media's expectations of beauty because you are beautiful. Your personality, smile, and character have so much radiance that shows both on the inside and the out. You're so amazing. Please don't take that for granted. You're perfect.

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