When I used to look in the mirror I only ever saw what others wanted me to be. I tried so hard to fit the mold. Yes I will always worry about what others think of me, but only to a healthy extent. It's okay to worry about what you look like. If you aren't confident with your own presence, then others will feel that lack of confidence and zone in on it. Don't let yourself be priced by others. Only you can name a price for yourself, and for me I'd rather not have a price. I don't care to be remembered for how I tried to look. I'd rather be remembered for something with more substance; I want to be remembered for me. Do you see what you want when you look in the mirror?
Express yourself in the way you look, and do not let others and their ideas/expressions have an effect on your self-worth. Make a real-life signature. Leave every person that you encounter with an imprint of your glowing and beautiful personality.
I guess what I'm trying to say is to always remember that only YOU can decide who YOU are. No other being in this universe can make a decision for you, and they definitely cannot construct an idea in your mind of who you should be. It's so easy to fall victim to criticisms in a terrible way. Keep your self-expression steadfast, and you will find that you reap something so much more rewarding from life. Not only will you reap an overwhelming feeling of being whole, but you will sow that beautiful idea in others. The only one who can truly behold your beauty is you, and that is more than you will ever need.
You are beautiful. Be you always and forever.
