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Zohra Javed
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It doesn’t make sense to call ourselves ugly,
because we don’t really see ourselves. We
don’t watch ourselves sleeping in bed, curled
up and silent with chests rising and falling
with our own rhythm. We don’t see ourselves
reading a book, eyes fluttering and glowing.
You don’t see yourself looking at someone
with love and care inside your heart. There’s
no mirror in your way when you’re laughing
and smiling and happiness is leaking out of
you. You would know exactly how bright and
beautiful you are if you saw yourself in the
moments where you are truly yourself. You
don’t just magically wake up one day and
love yourself. It’s a constant battle against
your ‘flaws’ and ‘what- would- they- think’
and I’m- not- good- pretty- smart- funny-
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enough’. It’s getting yourself out of bed
every day and whispering to yourself “you
can do it”. Then letting that whisper turn into
a solid “I am enough” than singing powerful
self-empowering cheesy pop songs at the
top of your lungs to the mirror. Then, slowly
but surely accepting that you are not perfect,
and realizing that you are not perfect, and
realizing that you are not meant to be
perfect; no one is, and that is okay. And, do
you ever realize how much your body loves
you? It’s always trying to keep you alive. It’s
making sure you breathe while you sleep,
stopping cuts from bleeding, fixing broken
bones, finding ways to beat the illness that
might get you. Your body literally loves you
so much. It’s time you start loving it back.
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