She is the mastermind behind it all, the woman who I think switched my mirror out for one which only recognizes the imperfections I have learned to own. Lauren Greenfield, has taught me that teenage life is not easy but will become simpler in time if we learn to understand that inner confidence not perfections is what will get everyone else to realize how beautiful you are. She is an American photographer whom has written and made some of the most inspirationally life changing books,documentaries, and museum exhibits which sparked a love for confidence within this teenage girl RIGHT HERE. The road to understanding the power of inner beauty, owning who you are, and embracing your flaws, is not one which can be understood or explained automatically, it's a time consuming adventure but one which will be rewarding and a present to the girl within you, in the long run. The first step to understanding yourself as a person, and learning about how to deal with this self competition of perfection is the toughest and most difficult: we must first figure out what perceived flaw makes you most self conscious before we can start "owning" who we are. Beacuse, truth be told, how can you embrace yourself, if you aren't sure what it is you are needing to embrace? Identify what makes you the most self conscious, and what you are constantly beating yourself up about. For some this may be as simple as a scar on your forehead, or the pimple that just appeared on your nose. However, for most teenage girls these solvable issues seem like the end of the world, a situation which I myself can identify with most easily. The culture of beauty is unfortunately encouraged and advertised by the community surrounding us, nonetheless we as strong women and men cannot let those involved in the industry get to our heads and destroy how we reflect inwards upon ourselves. The turning point in my journey in understanding what Lauren Greenfield had been trying to get across to the rest of the world for so long was that, the girls we see on Tumblr and in Vogue are not the girls which stand before the camera. Before the magazine or website URL reach our fingertips, the process of photoshop begins. Their pimples are removed, and the cellulite on the back of their thighs is erased, the cuves they possess hidden: so that 13 year olds feel as though this image of a "perfect" being is what we too are supposed to obtain. Understand the process, and realize that there is NO definition of a typical beauty. Each of us attain something that someone else envies, each of are beautiful in our own right. Never doubt who you are based on what the girl sitting next to you appears to look like, because chances are they are battling that same inner war with themselves, that you are: but the sooner you can say you truly believe in yourself, the sooner those around you will too. Look in the mirror and be proud of what you see on the inside, because changing what you look like or what you wear, will never alter that internal being.
Always remember to flaunt who you are: even if that implies a few imperfections, you will be proud that you did, more proud than you would have been than to say, "hey! i just totally changed who i am so that you will think of me as beautiful!" Today I will end with a quote to help inspire each of you to understand how gorgeous and proud of you I am,"take the journey, regardless of the end result. Take it cause you want to, the worst that will happen is you will learn about a piece of yourself you did not know existed.."
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