You are Beautiful – Scars and all

 

By Maura Preszler

To the girl who stands in front of the mirror criticizing every inch of her body, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who thinks she needs to lose 15 pounds for a man to ever love her, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who can’t keep her dinner down because the number of calories consumes her every thought, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who starves herself all day and binges at night, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who exercises for three hours a day because she is driven to lose weight, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who cries on the cold hard tile of her bathroom floor, bloody razor in hand, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who wears a long sleeve shirt in the middle of July to hide all of her scars, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who gulps down pills just to feel normal for a while, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who stays in bed all day crying because she’s too depressed to get up for class, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who thinks she constantly needs to give her body to men for attention, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who reveals her body for all to see, when all she desires is to be seen for the beauty in her heart, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who yearns for physical touch and craves attention and affection, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who drinks more alcohol than water to drown her thoughts and feelings, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who watches the one she loves fall in love with someone else, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who’s mother tells her she isn’t enough, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl whose father beats her, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who locks her bedroom door whenever her dad’s been drinking, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who won’t go home at night because her parents are always fighting, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who feels hopeless and alone, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

To the girl who doesn’t want to live anymore, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You are enough.

Sweetheart always remember that a bruised and broken heart is actually quite beautiful, because it reveals the tenderness of the human spirit. Don’t journey through life thinking you have to be perfect in order to be enough for someone. The truth is, we are all broken.

P.S. You are enough.

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