Realization

I never saw my body from the outside. I always saw it through my own lens, angle, perspective, paradigm. I look at this picture (that was taken for an application for being an extra for some videos) and I see someone who is not especially overweight. She's curvy yes, but she's beautiful. And I never saw that. I guess it took this little reality check for me to realize I'm actually not an ugly mess even though I might weigh more than the average teenage girl. I am beautiful and I have so much to offer the world. That being said, I realize looks are not the most important. But I digress.
This girl matters. She is imperfect. But she has infinite value and she hardly knows it. But she is learning. She is trying and failing and trying again. Life is worth it.