Your scars don’t make you weak,
Your thorns don’t make you perilous,
Your darkness doesn’t make you evil,
Do they?

Those deep scars show how brave you are.
Those thorns show how beautiful you are above them.
That darkness shows how bright you are on other side.
Do you consider them as flaws?

Yes, they might be
But what are you without them?
Nothing but an ordinary person.
Your flaws are your uniqueness.

Dare to accept them.
Dare to show them.
Dare to embrace them.
Dare to be you!

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Some of us avoid this reflection simply because it reminds us of our flaws. A few extra inches, love handles, those chubby cheeks. “Why should I look at myself when I already know all of this? Why should I constantly be reminded of these flaws?”

Sixteen years into my life, I think I have an answer to those questions. It’s simply, acceptance. To make peace with yourself, to make your soul a little carefree and to remind yourself of how truly beautiful you are. You have to live with yourself up till your last breath, and that is a good enough reason to keep yourself happy. You are the only constant in your life and the most important one there will ever be.

But none of this means that you accept a version of yourself that you do not believe is your best. Living in a false reality of acceptance is not the way to be. Working on yourself is a process that will last as long as life. Watching yourself grow and metamorphose into the person of your dreams is the greatest pleasure known.

At the end of it, we are all seeking the same thing. Happiness. Happiness that is true and pure; happiness that cannot be trampled over by anyone; happiness that radiates from oneself.

So now let me ask you the same question again. When you look into the mirror, what do you see?

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You don’t look at accepting your flaws as complacency or lack of ambition, you look at it as compassion and self-love; knowing you’ll never be perfect, you’ll never look a certain way and you’ll never entirely love everything about yourself. But that won’t stop you from embracing your flaws, learning to love what you can’t change, feeling good enough and knowing your worth instead of looking at yourself through the eyes of others.

When you learn to accept your flaws, you’re not susceptible to people’s judgements, words or opinions of you. No one can shame you or hold them against you. You embrace the fact that you’re human and you’re learning and you still have a long way to go.

The beauty of learning to accept your flaws is that it takes away the pressure to impress people or always trying to measure up to someone.

When you learn to accept your flaws you attract people who accept them too. You find people who don’t make you feel like you need to change who you are. You find people who appreciate the fact that you’re a little weird, a little eccentric, a little messy, a little bizarre; but they love you anyway.

When you learn to accept your flaws instead of picking at them and magnifying them, you create a healthy environment for yourself, you begin to nurture yourself in all the right ways, you become stronger, more resilient and more confident and you begin to understand that even with your flaws, you’re still beautiful and even with your flaws, you’re still loved.

When you learn to accept your flaws, you learn how to fight your own battles and win and you learn how to shield yourself from unnecessary wars.

When you learn to accept your flaws, you won’t ever live questioning if you’re good enough for others as long as you feel good enough for yourself.

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