You Are Valuable.
I realized something this afternoon as I looked in the mirror. Almost every day, for years, I've been thinking the same type of thoughts whenever I look at my reflection. Thoughts like, "I'll be beautiful when I lose ___ pounds. ", "I won't look good if I don't straighten my hair.", "if I don't get a nose job someday, my nose will always make me look like a boy ." , "I'll never be attractive if I don't get rid of my acne.", "maybe, I'll be more successful if I'm skinny ." , "B ecause of my baby-face, no one will take me seriously unless I put some make up on ." , "Because of ______ no one will ever want to marry me." Sometimes I push the thoughts aside, but many times...they weigh heavily on me throughout the day; damaging my self esteem a lot. Today I thought hard about it and asked myself a new question: "What if I said the horrible things that I keep