“ I mean, I think that one thing that happens to every single one of us is that we go online, and we have the ability to scroll through everyone else life’s highlights like; and trust me, I love going online, I think is amazing; but there is also the darker side to it, where we go online and we compare our lives to other people’s lives and the mistake that we are making is that when we scroll through the pictures that other people post online of their lives, you see the highlight reel of the most excellent, shiny, fabulous moments of their lives. But when you look in the mirror at yourself; you are seeing all the behind the scenes, all the stuff that no one else sees; and you are hearing your own insecurities, you are hearing the voices inside your head telling you that you might not be good enough, you might not be as cool as other people, or what if you are not having as much fun as other people, or what if you are not special enough; it’s just endless.
I think that people are really mean, and I learned that, you learned that; but I think that time made me realize that sometimes we are so much, so much more mean to ourselves, than other people could ever be, in our heads. Don’t you agree?.
If there is one thing you leave this concert with, one thing; let it be this okay? Instead of looking at the mirror every single morning and letting the insecurities in your brain tell you that you are not cool enough, not pretty enough, not special, not going where you want to go, not there yet, not fun, whatever. I want you to realize that all of that is completely invisible to other people and it is irrelevant to you. Those are your fears talking. Let me tell you what you actually are not, okay? Here is what you actually are not. You are not somebody else’s opinion of you. You are not damaged goods if you have made mistakes. You are not going nowhere just because you haven’t gotten where you want to go yet. Those are the things you are actually not. Let me tell you what you are. You are your own definition of beautiful and worthwhile. You are wiser,stronger, smarter, better because you made mistakes; not damaged. And last, but not least, you are someone who is standing here tonight with 13 thousand other people, all whom are probably going through something stressful, complicated or confusing in their lives,at this very moment; every single one of you decided to ignore those things and put on an awesome outfit and go to a concert and have the best time ever. That is what you are.
So, I’m still learning new things every day, but the one thing I have learned is that making mistakes, or having scars, or having ghosts; those things do not make you damaged, those things make you clean.”
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