Pretty.

"Since when was loving who we are made an offense by morons that don't matter? Change this physicality and that one.  Don't you dare shatter the illusion that you could ever be anything beyond paper-fine flesh and flashy teeth and fingernails.  A code of accusations of not good enough, never good enough.  Have you ever felt so numb that it hurts?  Entertain me.

You can't surrender to them.  You've got to remember that you're the only thing you'll ever truly have. And no, I don't mean your body.  Because someday that will go bad no matter what do you do.  I mean you.  I mean the way your bright eyes go wild when you smile and how your laugh is so melodic it's a song.

I mean the way your creativity is a compass that leads you to what you love.  And you don't need any miracle cream to keep your passions smooth, hair free, or diet pills to slim your kindness down.  And when you start to drown in these petty expectations, you've gotta re-examine the miracle of your existence because you are worth so much more than your waistline.  You are worth the beautiful thoughts you think and the daring dreams you dream, undone and drunk off alcohol of being.

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You don't live to meet the credentials established by a madman.  You're a goddamned treasure whether you want to believe it or not.  And maybe that's what everyone should start looking for."

-Savannah Brown, What Guys Look for in Girls

I'm re-reading and re-watching this poem until the words sink in and I really start to believe them. Today I felt beautiful and today's photo reflects that...

If you're interested in the full poem, you can find it here.