who says

Who's the judge of pretty, who says you can't do something, who says you have to do that, who says? All around I hear people put down others for one thing or another. I hear girls think they are less of a person because they are not attached to someone else. I see the confidence of  a child being torn down because someone says they can't. People start trying to impress everyone else and end up losing themselves. We become preoccupied with petty things and forget life.  How boring would it be if everyone was exactly the same?  How much of an impact do you think we could have if we stopped idolizing and centering our lives on image, on having the "right" brands, on acting or doing the things everyone else is and instead honed in on our God given talents, passions, personalities, plans and even looks? Knowing that you are only here to impress one, which is your Creator, could make life oh so sweet. Knowing that God has made everything beautiful and loves us with an unexplainable love should banish all the negativity you hear and see around you...not to mention all the stress that comes with trying to be who you're not.  Realizing that the person with a big nose or a stutter, or whatever else it may be, is formed in the image of a God who makes no mistakes should also change the way we decide to treat others. You are not stuck if you choose not to be, you are not ugly, you are not unwanted, you are not alone...you only have to believe that...love yourself, love others, love God and live your life.

your worth does not come from your body, your mind, your work, what you produce, what you put out, how much money you make. Your worth does not come from whether or not you have a man. You have inestimable worth that comes from your creator. 

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11. 

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”