Thoughts Day:3

Honestly, I never realized how much beauty and fitting in mattered until the ideology is shoved in my face. Throughout our lives we are faced with many challenges, and many of those will tear us apart, and leave us broken. While it can be damaging, we can't just blame the occasional bullies, when our families, and our friends are at fault all the same. We get told things about ourselves that we may not want to hear, and at the end of the day it's just life. One moment in your whole day you can go from flourishing, to breaking into a million pieces of shattered glass. If we're not pretty, or we don't have the perfect Instagram style, then we aren't worthy of the status of beauty. That my readers, is the biggest lie we can ever be told, because we are worthy even if we don't feel it.

Trust me, it's easier to say than to believe. Every time I look in the mirror, I feel self-conscious. Like my skin is not my own, and I'm trapped. I don't want to just feel beautiful; I want to be it. I want to be that girl that everyone sees and just stops for a moment to watch and connect with me like a friend that they've always had. I want to have the pretty outfits, and the nice curve to my body. But that's not my reality. I'm not a superstar, or an actress, or a fashion designer, or heck even a journalist, I'm just a girl who feels like the weight of the world is constantly on her shoulders.

We know beauty varies, and that it's not just about what's on the outside. But let's be real, when I walk through the hallway, I don't get smiles for being a good person, people walk away or laugh because I'm not some drop dead gorgeous supermodel that walks all over people.

Even though the world can tear us apart inside out, we must be patient, have courage, and be kind to each other for our own sake. 

Sincerely,

Mia <3