We know the models and billboards and magazines are photoshopped yet we still try to compare ourselves to an unrealistic fake figure. The problem with this is that it will never be achievable no matter how hard you try, because a realistic body can't accommodate to an unrealistic one. It's hard, I know. I've been there. Which is why I'm here to tell you that when you compare yourselves to others it deminishes your own self and how you feel. Theodore Roosevelt said it perfectly, when we compare ourselves to others our joy is gone. So please I ask you to look at yourself in the mirror and say I am me, it's who I am. There is no one like me, I am not going to compare myself to others because I love me. And I AM AWESOME. I know it's not easy to change that self concept just like that , so here is something I want you to think about... Think of the happiest moment of your life, did you love yourself at that point? What changed? Did you start comparing yourself to ot...
To lose confidence in ones body is to lose confidence in ones self. You are imperfect, permanently flawed, and YOU are BEAUTIFUL. There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.