LOVE YOURSELF.

As a 16-year-old female in the world today, it's often hard to be our TRUE selves. I know even now that I'm developing into the person I'm soon to be. I'm excited to see my own potential, because I know I can do GREAT things. 

***I know it's hard today being a female. There have been many times I've contemplated not even doing this post. But I know there is some reason I need to. Maybe for me and maybe not. So if you know someone who needs to know that they are loved, have them read this and tell them that you love them and they need to love themselves.

My Story of Finding ME.

Yes. My story of me is still going on right now as we speak. But I want to show you what I've learned so far. Today, the world shows us females as easily manipulated. I can't tell you how much I HATE that. We females are simply AMAZING. WE DO AMAZING THINGS. WE HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL. WE ARE BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG. So no world, we are not worthless, or easily manipulated. So get it right and see us for we truly are.

I'm Not a Blue-Eyed or Blonde. 

For a long time, I honestly thought that no man could ever love or marry me because I wasn't the typical blue-eyed, blonde-hair girl that they always seem to fall for. BOY WAS I WRONG. Now I'm not saying I've found my Eternal Companion, but I am saying that I LOVE MYSELF. I LOVE WHO I AM. Not everyday, but I've learned that this is who God created me to be. And I should not ever change that. I'm different. And that's GREAT!!! I love being different. I love who I am. I love myself. I encourage you to if you haven't already, to LOVE YOURSELF. 

I Found ME. 

Another struggle I had was feeling incapable because everyone I seemed to either play a sport, play an instrument, or have a hobby that expressed them and they absolutely loved. I had felt as though I had nothing like them that this completely described me. But you know what? I did find my nitch. Can you guess what it is? I LOVE BEING A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. That's what makes me, well me! I find so much comfort in the gospel everyday of my life. I love sharing my testimony because it's MINE. Nobody could ever change that. I love that I love who I am because of the gospel. I love sharing who I am and being proud of it. 

Numbers Don't Mean a Thing.

A lot of insecurities of a female comes from her physical image. It's quite inevitable really. But not unless we learn to cope with it. Many people make goals of how much they want to lose. But for me, that never really worked. So here's what helped me; I made a goal of myself to be confident of who I am and feel confident in my own skin. Now I'm not saying that I don't weigh myself or look at my weight. I surely do. But I do not base who I am as a person on that, because that's not the right way to see ourselves. Not your typical goal, but it's mine. I know although, that this goal is NEVER done. There isn't going to be a day that I don't go by without judging myself. But that's why I love this goal. Because I learn more about myself through this goal. I learn to love the little things about myself but also to always improve and become better. I can be confident of myself. I can do hard things and so can you!

Heavenly Father Loves You, So LOVE YOURSELF. 

It's a given fact. YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES YOU. There's nothing that can change his mind on that. He loves you SO much. I know he loves me. He knows our every need. He loves who we are and we should too. Because he made us who we are. Just like when you tell your best friends about everything he wants to hear it too. Let him know. LOVE YOURSELF. 

~It's not easy to be in today's world. Surely not as a female. But we are oh so great. I love myself and I know that makes life Full of Smiles.~