For my girls

You are beautiful.

I know some of us hear this a lot and some don't. Either way it is something we want to hear, but even more it's something we want to feel. We want to feel beautiful. For once I want to go through a day without thinking negatively about myself. Instead of comparing myself to others I want to accept myself.

Are you with me?

Girls, are you told how beautiful you are everyday? I know I am. My family, friends, and God say these words all the time: You Are Beautiful.

I Know I am beautiful.

I Know I was beautifully made.

I Know God made me the way I am for a purpose.

I Know all of this.

But a lot of times I don't Feel it.

We are our biggest critics. It's obvious everyone else sees your beauty, so why can't we see it in ourselves? I can feel this constant competition with the girls around me. I have to have a better personality, have cuter clothes, a better body, more friends... I try to stop myself but it still happens. The ironic thing is that I do have confidence and I do believe in the gifts I have been given. But there is still that little girl inside of me who cries in jealousy of what other girls have.

It happens to the best of us.

This doesn't mean we should stop trying to see ourselves as beautiful because we truly are. I know that step by step we can all get closer. Step by step we will feel our beauty along with knowing it.

But we have to try.

You ARE beautiful.

I am beautiful.

God Bless,

Rachael