My whole life I have been too tall, too fat, too big, not pretty enough, not athletic enough, and the list goes on. But who says? Who says I'm not perfect just the way I am? (Yes I am stealing that line from a Selena Gomez song... but it's just so fitting) Well, I think I am! I know that I was made perfectly this way because this is exactly the way God made me! I may not meet everyone else's ideas of what they "think" I should look like or act like, but I am me... take it or leave it. I shouldn't have to put on a show and make people think I'm one thing when I'm really not. I may loose some people along the way, and that may stress me out like crazy, but in the long run I will be happier that I don't have to constantly change to meet everyone else's expectations.
How boring would this life be if we were all exactly the same? So why is it that we are all trying to be like everyone else? Why can't we all just accept ourselves for how we are? I'm so not guilt free in this statement, I am always trying to be just like the girls I see in the magazines. I have come to realize very quickly though, that this life is not all about looks. How shallow must your life be to focus all your attention on the way you look? Little do these people know, the more they focus on their appearance the worse their personalities become, and it actually takes away from their looks. I have a friend, I would like to think she is the most beautiful girl in the world, she probably knows it, I mean how could she not, but beyond that she is the sweetest, most caring girl I have ever met. I have never heard her say a mean word the whole time I have known her. And because of that she becomes that much more beautiful. I'm not saying don't focus at all on the way you look, I know for me I want to be the best me I can be inside, outside, and every way possible, but if looks are all that matters... well looks fade.
For some reason I hear the excuse all the time... "oh they don't mean it, they just don't think before they speak, they have no filter." That to me is a cop out, I know our Heavenly Father did not make anyone without a "filter." Everyone has the control over themselves to not make people feel bad. And isn't that what being Christ-like means, it doesn't mean we pick and choose the Christ-like attributes that are easiest or fit our lives the best, it means we strive to do it all!
Everyone has "flaws" it's what makes us unique. And we have to stop comparing ourselves, there will always be someone prettier, or skinnier, or smarter, or faster, but there will never be someone just like you. Everyone has something different they bring to every relationship, and if we automatically count them out because they're not pretty enough or thin enough... we could miss out on some very rewarding relationships!
"I wouldn't wanna be anybody else. You made me insecure, told me I wasn’t good enough. But who are you to judge, when you’re a diamond in the rough. I’m sure you got some things, you’d like to change about yourself. But when it comes to me, I wouldn’t want to be anybody else. I’m no beauty queen, I’m just beautiful me."
