YOU are Beautiful!

This is to every girl in the world. You should know that you are more beautiful then words could say, in your own special way! I'm sick and tired of media saying that because you're not a size 0 and over 5'6", with long hair, big eyes, and a great skin tone you're not BEAUTIFUL. 

"Every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall butt, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, and the arms of Michelle Obama. The only person close to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes. Everyone else is struggling. - Tina Fey"

Why can't you see past the flaws in uneven skin tone, I mean seriously. WHO CARES?! Physical beauty definitely helps on the attractiveness scale, but if you're pretty on the outside but ugly and mean on the inside, you might as well have leprosy. I guess that's a bit harsh, but can't you see where I'm coming from? Life isn't about what the scale says you are, it's about what others say about you. How they react to your presence, how often they want to be around you. If you're not friendly, even if you're drop dead gorgeous, no one is going to give you a second thought after they talk to you once. 

I dare you to ask a guy friend of yours if he thinks you'd be less pretty with brown hair instead of blonde, green eyes instead of blue, glasses instead of contacts. I could probably tell you right now that 98% of them would look at you like you just lost your mind and want to slap you. Sure, they don't mind the fact that girls are physically attractive, but in all honesty most REAL men want a woman who isn't afraid of getting dirty, someone who knows how to LAUGH, someone who has goals, ambitions and dreams. 

As the picture states: "you are beautiful not for the shape of the vessel, but for the volume of the soul it carries." 

So, next time you head out with your friends, remember even though physical appearance is a VERY good thing, remember the little things. Remember to be kind. Remember to smile. Remember that people watching see not only how you look, but also how you ACT. 

Much love, 

xoxo, 

Shannon