This made me really sad. I was typing into Google “how do I make myself fall asleep” because it’s almost 12:30am and I’m exhausted and can’t sleep. Anyways, before I finished the sentence, I was given these results. 

It’s so sad to me. I clicked on the “prettier” one, and I saw all of these beautiful young teenage girls asking how to be prettier so they can attract men.

I wish I could give them all a big momma hug and tell them that they are beautiful souls, that they don’t need a man, that they need to learn to be confident and independent before wanting a man, that when building their lives they need to start with themselves and the rest will follow through, that they are too young to be worrying about such shallow things, that love will find them when they are ready… 

Of course, I understand how they feel. I remember being at that stage. For me it happened when I was about twelve years old. I used to cry myself to sleep because I felt like no one at school would ever think I was beautiful. But you grow up at some point… At some point you realize that life is so much bigger than that… life is so much more important than how you look one day or what some guy said about you or how you compare with your ex’s new high school girlfriend. Life gives you opportunities to change the world, and your looks don’t have anything to do with that… developing your mind, strengthening your character, training yourself to think critically… this is what really matters.

It’s okay if you’re sixteen and you don’t have a boyfriend. It really is, I promise. It gives you more time to bond with your girlfriends and read books. It might even help you avoid the side effect of becoming codependent at an early age (of course, no scientific studies have been found to back this up, I’m just—ahem—thinking critically).

If anyone has any thoughts to add to this, please do. Maybe word will spread, and everyone who reads this thread will think of his or her little sister or cousin, or maybe herself.  

Spread the word of self love. Loving yourself is the first step to loving your life.  

Love,
Alice 

(Source: recoveryisbeautiful)

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(by Monica Magsanoc)

Paul Schutzer

What!! A woman’s body is not completely smoothed out?? Whaaaaatttt? And on top of that she’s a model! Ah! It’s against everything we know in this generation!! (full on sarcasm here, folks)