You're awesome, and don't ever let anybody tell you you're not.

Have you ever struggled with self-esteem? Have you been embarrassed by someone who was racist, sexist, or just plain mean? Or have you commented on someone else? Chances are, you've done one or more of these things. Nowadays, we have easy access to social media, and we tend to misuse it. YouTube comments, especially for women, are extremely hurtful. Women should be taught to love their bodies, and they should be empowered, not patronized and made to feel inferior. Just because someone is not the same race as you does not mean they are not as smart or attractive as you. In fact, if you had some compassion for your fellow humans, you would probably realize that you and that person you just deliberately hurt could have been friends, or at least gotten along with each other. It's completely ridiculous how such mean people are supported. On YouTube, mean comments often get many likes. Why? 

Sorry if this post seemed like a rant, but I just needed to let my feelings out. I also heard that PewDiePie, YouTube's most subscribed-to YouTuber, turned off comments on his videos, forever. Even though I am not a subscriber, this seems like a pretty big move.

But all I really wanted to say was love yourself, no matter what. You are the only one of you, and you should make the most of it. I know a few people that I feel are "perfect". They react to every situation perfectly, deal with difficult people perfectly, and even make mistakes perfectly. It sounds weird, I know, but I actually used to believe that until recently, when a couple of those "perfect" people taught me that being perfect means just being you. Not everybody is always going to like you, and you're not always going to like everybody. You don't have to be great to start. You have to start to be great. And as Albert Einstein said, "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."