We Are Like Snowflakes

People are like snowflakes. Some snowflakes have branches that point out around the edges, while others are more rounded. Some snowflakes are big while others are small. No two are the same in any way yet they are all still beautiful. Just like looking different from everyone else still makes you a beautiful human being. And when all those snowflakes come together they create something magnificent. Every single human being contributes to the beauty of this world. It’s the differences that make the world amazing. Today I’m going to be talking about loving your imperfections and the importance of not comparing yourself to anyone else because everyone is unique and those “imperfections” are essentially what makes you, you!

When you really think about why you would pick out certain traits and label them as imperfect it’s easy to follow the path of thinking all the way back to what you've seen before to make you change your mind. If you had never looked at that picture in a magazine of the model with flawless, smooth skin, and a tiny waist, you would never look at yourself and compare. If you hadn’t seen another person who looked different than you, you wouldn’t take another look at yourself in the mirror and question anything. If nobody had anyone else to base their looks off of, we’d all look at ourselves and be happy with what we saw. Unfortunately this isn’t the case in our society today. Magazines have articles about how to have flawless skin and how to become a size zero. Models that are labeled as “plus size” aren’t overweight at all. If a girl isn’t an extremely low size then she is considered “plus”. This is absolutely ridiculous. The media shouldn’t be determining what is “beautiful” and what isn’t.

You also shouldn’t compare yourself to other people because everyone is different. That is where most of the self-conscious thoughts come from because once you start to compare yourself to someone else, you put yourself down because you don’t look the same way and start to believe that there’s something wrong with you. In reality, we are all different. We’re all perfect in our own special way. Next time you look in the mirror and think “imperfection” think “I’m perfection” instead, because it’s true. You really are perfect in your own way.

I've spent a lot of time dwelling on my own “imperfections” until I listened to Natasha Beddingfield's song "Freckles" and started to feel better about myself. She is completely right when she mentions how when you look in the mirror you instantly hate what you see because of all the influences from the media about beauty. Now that I think about it, all my imperfections truly are traits that make up who I am as a person and what makes me unique. I spent so much time hating all my freckles but I decided to embrace them and love them instead because they're a part of me. Everybody else out there who has a trait that they don’t like about themselves should try to embrace it instead of hating it. Whether it is freckles, or your hair style, or even your height, start acknowledging it as being a part of you that nobody can take away because it makes you truly amazing in your own way.   

To quote Natasha Beddingfield, “Those little imperfections make you beautiful, lovable, valuable, they show your personality inside your heart, reflecting who you are”.