Live your life.

o you ever think 'What am I going to do with my life?' or 'What do I want to do when i grow up?' ? Some people might look for something that will earn them a lot of money or give them enough free time to hang with friends. Why not do something you love? Isn't life about doing what you find enjoyment in and living life to the highest degree? Then why do so many of us live life for the wrong reasons?

We only get to live once, yet some people don't actually live their lives. They just simply go about.

So, maybe that didn't make sense, maybe it did. What Im trying to say is there are people who make the most of their lives and there are people who just do what they have to do to get by in life.

Why? Why would you want to just try and get by through life and not live?

I want to make the most of my life! I want to live my dreams, experience the unimaginable, do what makes me happy. If Im going to live once, I might as well make the most out of it right?

I'm a shy person, who lets what people say or think affect her some of the time. I think that's what holds me back a lot of the time. I let what others say get to me so much, that I don't always do what I want to do or what makes me happy.

I'm thinking on changing that, soon. And you should do that to if you're the same way!

You have dreams or goals right? You think about something all the time. Wondering what it would be like to actually get to experience it. Have it.

The thing is, you can have it! You can experience it! You just need to make an effort for it to happen. Believe that you can do what it takes to achieve you're happiness.

In the end, It doesn't matter what people think of you. What matters is what you think of yourself and are you happy with how you lived you're life.

Next time you really want to do something, but you're afraid of others will think, swipe those thoughts aside and just go for it! There is nothing greater then that feeling you get when you do something that makes you happy beyond words.

Only you can deny yourself happiness. So what are you waiting for? Go live you're life!




Two quotes: "If you're going to be alive and on this planet, you have to, like, suck the marrow out of every day and get the most out of it." -Drew
Barrymore.

"I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness." - The Dalai Lama.

Insecurity is not permanent.

I wrote this story and submitted it on a site. It's a teen virtual website(www.whyville.com) and there is a Times(paper) for the site where you can submit a story about anything. Daily life, poems, stories, etc. So I decided to submit mine, its about being insecure and what the true meaning of beauty is. People mailed me back saying I inspired then and made them realize they are beautiful and what beauty really is. I cried. Im not ashamed to admit that. Im cried because that was my purpose! To inspire. And I actually accomplished that. It just made me feel so.....good. So I decided to share the story with you guys. Tell me what you think?

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"Im not beautiful."
"You're really not that pretty."
"Am I worthy of anything?"

Sometimes this is what I tell myself. Why? Because sometimes when I look at myself in the mirror I feel ashamed, embarrassed, repulsed, and ugly. So, I guess you can say I'm insecure, but isn't everyone? It doesn't seem that way all the time. At times it feels as if I'm the only one who feels ashamed.

So, I wear make-up hoping that it will help me see myself as pretty, gorgeous, and beautiful. It doesn't always work.

Now, it's not just my face that makes me feel insecure. It's my body too. I think that's my main reason for feeling insecure. That's the reason I'm repulsed at times.

I'm not stick skinny by any means, but I'm not overweight either. I guess that means I'm . . . average? I look at myself in the mirror and say, "Yeah, it would be good for me to lose a couple extra pounds. Then I'll be perfect."

Ah. There's that word: Perfect. Well, I don't use that word anymore because now I know, NOTHING and NO ONE is perfect. No matter what you think. Sure, things can be perfectly imperfect, but not perfect.

I have met some amazing people in the past year. Yes, year. They have helped me boost my confidence level up a tiny bit. They have made me learn what true beauty is. Do you know what true beauty is?

It's where you're comfortable with who you are and don't let what others say change your view of yourself. It's when you know nothing is perfect, that you just need to be enough for yourself and know that no matter what, you are beautiful. All your imperfections are what make you perfectly imperfect.

The media makes you think that being skinny, tan, flawless, and tall is what makes you beautiful and that it is the ONLY beautiful.

It's not.

I am slowly, but surely becoming happy with myself. I am noticing that I am beautiful, that I do have a beautiful shape and face. I'm beautiful all over.

And so are you. YOU have beauty like no one else does. YOU have a smile that no one else can smile. YOU have a voice that no one else can speak. And YOU have a life that no one else can live except yourself.

So, next time you look in the mirror tell yourself, "I am beautiful and that is not a lie."

What I'm trying to say is, insecurity doesn't last. It's not permanent. Sure every now and again you will feel insecure, but that's human. Just don't feel that way all the time. You will miss out on so much in life if you let insecurity get to you.

Next time you go to the beach, don't look at your body in the mirror and point out things on your body that are 'ugly'. Just slap on that bathing suit and go.

Embrace your beauty and know there is one thing in the world that everyone is born with: Beauty.

Don't you know your beautiful? "



And there it is.

Love,
Audrey