Beauty is all around.

We grow up in a culture that empathizes the amazing. On television, street billboards, the Internet, and news stands, beautiful people are glorified. The fact that our culture creates such bad self-esteem issues in young girls is not just a cliche. Its the truth. All that young girls hear are stories about which celebrity is so “down to earth,” ‘“fabulous,” or charming. No wonder we end up seeing ourselves in such bad lights. In a society that is so consumed by vanity, it’s hard to realize what they’re getting into. After all, their mothers and fathers themselves are just victims of our vain obsession in the end. Everywhere, beauty and admiring traits are highlighted. Of course, nobody wants to hear about the failures or short comings of the average human being. What we often forget to consider is that, there are more of these “short-comings” than admiring up-comings. That’s the reason why when something thought to be amazing, is all we hear about. No one wants to hear about a loser, slob, or unfit couch potato. The catch of this all, is that we’re all the same. Throw away your self-esteem issues. Who said that you weren’t pretty? Who said that you weren’t amazing? People honestly just haven’t gotten to realize how awesome you are, yet. Everyone has their special traits that nobody else can acquire. You’re special. Sure, you’ve heard all of this before and you’re probably just rolling your eyes right now but, this is what I’ve come to realize and truly believe. As a victim of low self-esteem myself, I’m learning that it’s okay to not be like the models I constantly stare at, or the actresses on TV. There’s a reason why those girls are on TV, and there’s another reason why I’m not. We all have different skills that others simply don’t have. We all have a special something. Don’t forget that. Honestly. You’re beautiful in your own way, everyone is. 

 

I know that this is so cliche’d and that all of these things have been said once before. I’ve heard them a million and one times. Myself, I never bothered to listen and just felt that they were “naive” and way too optimistic for reality. Truth is, it isn’t. Its taken a me a long time to see that all of these things are way more than true, but it’s worth it. It’s took me going from the bottom, up. I had once been in the ditch of low self-esteem, but now I am on my way to overcoming it. Along the way, I found out for myself that these things are true. Until you have gotten to this point within yourself, you won’t truly see the beauty that I am writing about. We just have to wait when it’s all turn to hold these realizations, and when it is, we will truly believe. Until then, good luck.