For Those Who Think They’re Ugly
I’ve always known that my face and body had an appeal that some people liked. I’ve always known that boys were drawn to me. Yet when I looked in the mirror, I just saw... me.
One day as I walk pass a mirror I glance at it and my heart nearly stopped. I saw a gorgeous woman. A woman with beautiful shiny hair, brilliant blue eyes, and long lashes framing them delicately. I saw a woman with fine features. But when I looked back after this glance of beauty, I saw me again. Plain blue eyes, messy brown hair, and a baby face covered with small blemishes.
I knew right then that I had just witnessed how others saw me. And I understood for a moment why everyone told me I was beautiful, gorgeous, and pretty. And I marveled as I stared at my reflection, the only thought running through my head being, “So that... is how he sees me...”
You see your blemishes. The zits, the scars, the uneven features. The chubby cheeks, the lack of a chin, the thin lips, the full lips, the freckles, the moles... But to everyone else, to the ones who love you... They ignore all that you hate and love you for your beauty. Those freckles you try to hide? Someone thinks that they are beautiful. Those chubby cheeks? Someone thinks they’re adorable. That tiny chin? Someone thinks it’s cute.
You think you’re ugly because you concentrate on the ugly. Look at yourself with fresh eyes and you will know why everyone says you are beautiful.
