As the year nears to a close, I sat in my room and I kind of figured out what my big lesson was of the year. My big lesson was that I learned to love myself. I learned to love my body, every curve, every freckle, everything.
It was a difficult journey. It's a journey that only so many women can say that they've found. In today's society, we're so beat down with how we should look or how we should dress and the thing is, you have to do what makes you happy. When I get up in the morning and do my makeup and pick out an outfit, it's because it's what I want to wear and how I want to look. I can look in the mirror and say I'm beautiful. I couldn't do that before 2012. I didn't have the same confidence.
Some people in my life really helped me a lot come to this lesson and I thank them from the deepest parts of my heart. You guys know who you are and I cannot thank you enough times.
I never thought that one day I could look in the mirror and say with complete honesty "I feel pretty and I love me." I like picking out profile pictures. I enjoy sharing my world and my adventures. I don't shy away from cameras anymore. I'm just completely comfortable with myself.
I feel pretty when I'm ready to go out with friends or run to class or even when I throw on yoga pants and a hoodie because I know it's going to be a long day. It doesn't matter if my hair's being an unruly mess that day, I still love every dark brown curl, even as defiant as they can be. I'm ok with being naked, with just being in my own skin. I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm not a skinny twig. I'm not supermodel tall. I'm me and I love it.
I really wish other women could learn this lesson, that they can embrace them. It doesn't matter society. It's doesn't matter your BMI or how big your boobs are or how small your stomach is. What matters is that you're happy and that you know you're beautiful because you are.
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