You are good enough speech

I stay awake at night
hoping that one day I'll be perfect
that I won't have flaws
that I'll be person ive always wanted to be
maybe that day, I will become some superhero
one who's unstoppable
who's on top of the world
literally.
Im hoping that one day ill wake up and
Not have that one bulbous pimple on my forehead
Maybe if im lucky my hair might be lighter
My grades might be higher
Maybe I won't have that extra inch of skin around my stomach
Maybe I'll be smarter
Maybe I wouldn't have to feel pain.
Maybe I wouldn't have to cry
when im in my room at night alone.
Maybe I can just hit that big red pause button and just take a break from my life
Maybe I could just push everyone away for a while
While I focus on myself
Maybe one day ill realize I don't have to wash my hands four times after touching a doorknob
And maybe I don't have touch the ground seven times because maybe I will realize that my parents will
NOT
slip on the floor if I don't...
Hey! You know what? Maybe one day, ill get out of bed and just NOT CARE anymore!
Maybe ill want freaking ice-cream for breakfast
And not be pressured to exercise afterwards
Maybe that same day ill walk out on the street and not give a fig about what people think of me
Maybe ill go in public and not have to suck my stomach in because I think im too fat to be seen

Maybe ill just throw away all those stupid morals I have to abide by
And just give my mind a cleanse
From reality
A cleanse
From the person I want to be so badly
That I am afraid of being myself
Maybe ill get up one morning thinking that I AM ENOUGH.
Maybe ill believe that I can make mistakes
And I can fail
Because failing does NOT make you or me a failure
You know what maybe I wont have to doubt myself
Doubt my abilities
Doubt my own existence
Because you and I deserve to be alive and well and HAPPY
JUST as much as the other 7.7 billion people on this planet do
I just want to wake up and feel happy with myself
Is that too much to ask?
Do you ever wish any of these?
If so I can tell you one thing.
Instead of wishing for perfection,
Why don't we all learn to accept that we are all beautiful JUST the way we are
Because beauty doesn't come from looks.
From perfect grades
That's so stereotypical.
Beauty comes from within.
Beauty comes from confidence.
Beauty comes from falling
But being able to stand right back up again
Beauty comes from strength.
Instead of wishing for everything to be different,
Start accepting that what you are right now
Is amazing
You are all amazing.
You're dreams can come true.
When we were all really little,
How many times have you heard "You can be anything"?
And how many times has your 3-year-old self just felt like the queen or king of the whole entire universe
when you heard those words?
Bring out that inner self
Bring out that innocent little soul that existed before your self-confidence plummeted
Because boy am I telling you,
You can be anything
Those words might make you roll your eyes,
But life is full of opportunity.
Life is a custom road where you can pick your destination
There will be bumps and dips and a few side routes,
But that's just part of the journey.
I want you all to be happy with who you truly are and realize that you can do anything.
We are in this world where society has such high standards that it's nearly impossible to have self-
esteem
Ask any girl on the street how she views herself and you will tell that her self-esteem is as low as her v-
cut on that designer shirt she's wearing
You don't need to dress yourself up for anyone
You don't need to try to look your best because you're scared everyone is judging you.
You don't need to spend that extra hour at 1am reading that last page on "pulmonary
coccidioidomycosis" from your science textbook
Let me ask you this.
When you are in public, do you analyze every single person that walks by and check if their hair is
combed precisely or if their lips are chapped or if their nose is perfectly symmetrical? Do you go up to them and ask if they know how to find derivatives in calculus or if they got a 31 on their A.C.T vs a 33?
Exactly.
No one cares.
You still matter.
You still count.
You should still try your hardest
In whatever you do
Always.
But you don't have to be obsessed with what society defines as perfect
Because society's standards are so wrong
But hey?
We are society.
WE set these standards
And since that's the case,
We can easily change them.
Together.
And guess what?
We don't have to wish we will wake up one day and our lives are how we've always wanted them to be.
Because we can make it happen!
WE can change.
If you're not happy with not being happy with who you are because you feel you can always be so much
more,
Wake up tomorrow with the mindset that you are good enough
You're always going to be good enough for everyone around you
For your parents,
Or for him or her
But the most important thing is accepting that for yourself.
Not for anyone else, but for you.
Because everybody loves you for you and they see you for the pure, wonderful human being that you
are
And if they don't,
Well you can just push them away
Because you're too good for them
You're too important.
You're too special.
So to all the people going to bed at night thinking that they are worthless,
that they should change,
still follow your dreams of course,
never stop following your dreams people,
but don't obsess
and don't let them control you.
Because you will always be enough,
Whether you realize it or not.
You just have to wake up the next morning believing it.
And it will be hard, trust me.
But at least you'll be happy.