There are times when you look in the mirror but you don't actually see yourself in the reflection. There is a girl there but you don't quite recoginize her. Sometimes we let ourselves take what other people say or what we think they think about us and we let that mold us into someone new. The world wants you to be one way, worldly - wealthy - skinny - and submissive, but you know that you're meant to be another way, kind - charitable - unique - healthy. Its even easier to let individuals dictate how we feel about ourselves. Listening to people talk about what they like and don't like about other makes it easy for us to tear ourselves down, so that we begin to feel like we're not good enough. Is there something I can change, is there more I can do to be prettier, skinnier, more interesting.
I'd like to, one day, look at myself and just smile. To know one's self is the best attribute of all, I believe.
So here's to us! We are young, free, independent and open to all new possibilities. Let's remember that individuality is something to be proud of and as Audrey Hepurn once said "Happy girls are the prettiest girls."
