This is one thing I see over and over again.

Insecurities filling each and every person. including me. people saying, "why can't I be that person?" Or "why can't I be as pretty as her?" "Why can't I have the life they have?"

All I wanna say is,

Stop.

Stop being so harsh on yourself

Stop doubting your beauty

Stop wanting to have a different identity

Stop being a sheep

Stop looking at your flaws

You are special! You have flaws yes, EVERYONE does! And if you say you don't then you aren't human.

Everyone of you is beautiful and talented in your own way!

Stop thinking you're alone and an outcast.

You aren't.

Stop thinking you're a hideous monster.

You aren't.

Stop calling yourself stupid.

You aren't.

Stop trying to change to fit their description of perfect

You have flaws, you may not be as pretty as that girl in your eyes but in other eyes you are seen as radiant.

You may not think you're as smart as that boy because you can't get all a's but you can pass a puzzle game without even looking at a walk through, and that my friends is skill!

You walk around in a constant shadow, wearing a mask to blend in with societies view of perfect and beautiful, and hurting yourself.

Leave that shadow!

Take the mask off!

Be yourself!

Don't wear makeup to school if you don't want to!

Don't wear things trying to impress everyone!

You like a video game?

Embrace it even if they call you a nerd.

You like a show? (Pokemon for example) embrace it even if people call you weird!

You want to draw and express your feelings?

Do it!

You want to go to a comic convention but are too afraid to go because of what your friends will think?

Go to the convention!

Wanna eat a brownie but refuse to because you want to fit with societies description of beautiful?

Eat the brownie!

Show people who you are!

Next time you meet someone tell them your name, tell them what you really like.

This isn't television. stop acting. stop pretending.

You may not be good at something he/she is really good at, but I bet that you can do something they can't even do even if it meant saving their lives.

Take me for example, I am an outcast with my cousins, I am avoided by most of them because all of my cousins are literally that stereotypical popular group from school, the beautiful,gymnasts, models, star athletes, future pop stars, and then there's me. just a regular girl that likes anime, isn't even pretty like my cousins, loves any kind of music that I can daydream to, reads fan fictions, and loves to draw anime. I am the weird girl in the family, even my parents say so. but no matter how much of an outcast I feel like I embrace my weirdness. "you're weird!" Thank you, being normal is boring.

You are human. we are human. we make mistakes. we all have different talents. we all like different types of music. we all have different tastes. we are not perfect!

And that's what makes us beautiful.

Break out of that shell. and show the world who you really are.

Live your dreams, no matter how much of an outcast you feel you are.

*i just want to let you know this isn't directed to no one in particular, I'm just trying to help people leave their shell and embrace themselves :/*