See your beauty without a compliment or a mirror

I have just stumbled across this quote on tumblr and I can't begin to explain how much it relates to me, especially right now.

I don't particularly like myself. I'm not beautiful, and I know that.

Fortunately, I was raised by parents that never gave too much importance to looks, but when I started going to school, I started caring about the way I looked. Middle school was particularly hard, because I was made fun of because of my (big) nose. I suffered a lot, but fortunately, it ended.

I realized that you really don't need other people (or, to refer to the title of this post, a mirror) to love yourself and be happy and confident about the way you look. It all starts from within.

This summer I had the chance to take more care of myself and I realized how important it is to sort out your priorities and understand that you, yes you should always be your #1 priority.

Yesterday I met one of my best friends I hadn't seen in the past month and she told me "you're looking more and more beautiful!" and that made me so happy. But then I realized, how sad is it that I need someone else to tell me that to believe it? How sad is it that I'm not able to see my own beauty unless someone else notices it?

This is why, from today on, I want to try and love myself more. I want to try and take more care of myself. I want to feel good, without the help of other's people comments or opinions about my body/look.

Perfection is... ugh.