Love Who You Are!!!

This teen testimony was submitted by Yaya Azucena

I remember me being in 8th grade.

I always use to compare myself with the other girls that had a nicer body than me. Even though I was skinny.

I use to hate it and always call myself fat. I would stop eating to supposedly be happy with myself and look pretty.

But the truth was that day-by-day, I was getting skinnier and uglier!

I remember my uncle telling me that I was getting skinny and ugly until I realized that I was messing my body up and started eating again.

At that time, I was 14. Now, I’m 20. I’m still skinny (a normal size), but sometimes I still put myself down. But, there’s my boyfriend to help me out by telling me that I’m beautiful the way I am.

U Love U

An Anonymous Response

Yaya,

It’s great that your struggle with anorexia is over and how you feel so much better. that’s absolutely beautiful.

Continue to grow strong in your self evaluating ability to love yourself – prize yourself – esteem your worth through the eyes of the One who created you. He makes no junk. When He made you, He formed a wonderful creation – one with beauty and ability to do great things.

Walk boldly and confidently in the knowledge of that. If somebody else recognizes that – it’s okay. And if they don’t – that’s okay too because your appreciation of yourself is not left in somebody else’s hand.

U, Yaya, love U.