Self Project Answers!

These are my answers:

• I am beautiful because I was wonderfully made. I have flaws and I've accepted them and I've learned to love them.
• I am strong because I try my best to spread love. Loving takes courage.
• My favorite part of my body is my boobs, my eyes, and my smile.
• One thing that is worrying me right now is getting into my number one college choice.
• One thing I'm looking forward to is graduation and starting college
• I'm different from my closest friend because I'm more of a dreamer
• I'm similar to my closest friend because we love music!

here are some answers from some very beautiful people, guys and gals! :)

I am beautiful because:

• i am yet to discover this.
• I am confident with who I am. it's taken me my entire life to be this comfortable with who I am & I'm glad I'm finally able to accept myself for who I am.
• i love god and i am thankful for what i have.
• i am a happy girl
• I believe that God has given me so much, and I have SO much to be thankful for. :)
• i know my flaws.
• I've caused people to smile today. =D
• I care about everyone, even if they have hurt me in the past.
• I am me and because God made me this way
• I am a mother. And REAL mothers are priceless!!
• God made me in his image
• I am beautiful because i feel i am.

I am strong because:

• I have a good support system.
• I never give up on my dreams and i don't listen to the haters
• I knew there was a reason I needed to keep it together all my life, and now I am stronger because I have found my reason. She's 2 and he's 4. :)
• I have the power to make anything happen if I work hard enough.
• no matter how much people try to bring me down I never give up.
• no one else's opinion about my weight matters except MINE.
• i believe in my dreams.
• I stand strong for whatever I believe in no matter if everyone brings me down. I believe in my dreams.
• i have suffered a lot of bad thing
• i dont care what people say about me.
• I have a family that loves & supports me. I wouldn't be where I am today without their love & support.
• I'm the only one who can help me.

My favorite part of my body is:

• my smiiiile! :) and my eyes
• so I'm jus gonna be completely honest & go with my boobs. it's one of those things that I've had to learn to accept about my body. they are what they are & there's nothing I can do about them so I might a well love them because they are a part of me.
• my hair
• my eyes
• my hair, I'm a ginger
• my eyes
• my teeth
• my knee
• my eyes
• my big head

One thing worrying me is:

• is this band going to work?
• not having the confidence to call the producer of the tyra banks show
• Bills during Christmas. I think it should be outlawed!!! (or we could just call it "Community Gifting?")I put 1$more on my bills each month!! I need a gift too!
• how much I weigh
• my partner getting home for the holidays.
• where am i going to be on christmas/new year event
• my weight and scores
• war
• Why I can't study
• the future. I've got so many options open to me & I'm no sure which direction I want to go.
• failing in my studies and not doing something i'll be successful in.

One thing I'm looking forward to is:

• changing my major
• this next year. I've got do many big plans & trips planned & I can't wait to go on these adventures.
• i want to be a doctor or a chemist so i have to study hard.
• peace in the world
• summer
• staying the person I am right now :)
• having him at home & holding him! <3
• Christmas morning with my kiddos!!! :D
• graduation! :)
• helping girls feel better about themselves
• Getting out of high school.

I'm different from my closest friend because:

• I'm bi and i'm a guy.
• I dont care about what other people think
• We are all different?
• I'm an avid dreamer.
• I've got a better grasp on details. ;)
• she tries her best to change herself. i dont. (thats not a negative thing. thats her personality i guess. shes amazing)
• we are all beautiful in our own way.
• i dont like to show off.
• it's hard to find differences between us because we have so much in common..I guess you could say our taste in guys?
• I’m too laid back
• I have a good sense of humor

I'm similar to my closest friend because:

• we both live in la la land :p
• we like the same music, have the same values, like to do the same things
• we have the same way in thinking.
• we are nice
• we all love each other and believe in each other's dream as well as ours.
• i can relate to everything that happens to her.
• we're all touch junkies!
• I love music, dance, and writing. <3
• We are all stupid. Lol!
• I like Justin Bieber
• We love people because of who they are ,not where they come from or how they look or their sexuality.

I want to thank all of these beautiful people for finishing these sentences. If you've never tried to do it, it's a really fun way to boost your self-esteem a bit. I think that all of the answers provided apply to many people so I hope you see that you're not alone in anything. Be you because it's beautiful. Don't be ashamed of you. You are wonderful!

dream. dream. dream.

Lately, I've been feeling like I'll never accomplish anything, like none of my dreams will come true or that they're too big for my own good. It's a horrible feeling to feel so inadequate. So small in a world so big. Today, I realized something. I realized that if I work at it and have compassion for what I'm doing, I'll have the power to become my dreams and make a difference......right? I sure hope so because I love my dreams, not the ones I have when I'm sleeping, the ones I can control and come from my heart. I love dreaming big and I think that we all should. Sometimes we should dream huge! I think that it's healthy for us to take a break once in a while and see what our heart and our imagination can create, sometimes it's beautiful and we just want it to come true and if it's our true heart's desire and if it's possible, I think that we should try our best to work at it. I know that in this new year, I'll be working on my dream. I'll be trying to make a million hearts smile. I don't know how it will work, but I'm going to try. I'll go into more detail when I get it started but I think I'm really going to make it work. I was so happy when I realized that I'm not just stuck in one place. I cried when I realized that it's possible for me to do bigger and better things. I felt like I was being held back but no one is holding me back because I believe in myself. If you believe in yourself, if you have hope for you and your future, no one can keep you down, no one can keep you away from what's yours. "When you have hope, you're nobody's prisoner." It's true! Don't forget to believe in yourself and follow your dreams. be safe and be careful. be beautiful. be you. be strong. be brave. be true to yourself. be the best you that you can be. be amazing. be powerful. be loving. be you. be a dreamer. it's okay. don't be afraid. :)

the more than average girl.

Once upon a time, in an average town, in an average house, there lived an average girl named Amani. Amani was always very sad and confused because she felt like everyone in the world was always really sad or really angry. She spent most of her days crying for all the sad hearts in the world. When she couldn't take the confusion anymore, she decided to ask God for help. Her special prayer went like this:

Dear God,

Help the world to smile again. Please end the pain, the sadness, and the tears. Please bring people happiness. Comfort the sad, the sick, and the lonely. Heal the broken hearts. Help us bring happiness back to our faces. Help us achieve peace. Help us to let love into our hearts again. I don't want to cry anymore. Please help.

Amen.

It's possible for the world to be happy again. It's a goal that we all need to work together to achieve. It's possible and we can make it happen. We need the help of ourselves and othes. We need to know that we can't do it alone. We need to know that it's possible to make this work. :)

Also, the power of prayer is amazing. If you've never tried it, go ahead and go at it. It has the power to work wonders. :)

because I believe too.

this is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read :)

Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.

"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. "Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. "Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.' "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

"VIRGINIA O'HANLON."115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

hi. i love you.

• ek is lief vir jou.
• unë të dua.
• i love you.
• Ana Behibek
• Te dua
• yes kez shat em siroom
• eu te amo
• Ngo oi ney
• Wo ie ni
• Ik hou van jou
• Je t'aime
• Ámote
• S'agapo
• Wa ai lu
• aina nangbu nunshi
• Main tenu pyar karda haan
• Ti amo
• Aheri
• Te sakam
• Wo ai ni
• Gwa ai lee
• Mo ni efe re

I don't know what language you say it in but I hope you know that love is important and it's meant to be shared. I love you. You are loved.

steps to loving you!

• It starts with knowing who you are. Knowing your values, what you believe in, what you stand for, what's important to you.
• Then you have to understand, that as beautiful as you are, you have flaws. Flaws that you need to embrace because they make you who you are. You can't spend your life stressing out over your flaws. They're beautiful and you need to love them. They're a part of you.
• After you've learned to love your flaws and leave them be, find the good in yourself. Figure out what makes you special and what you love about your body, your self, and your personality. Focus on the good for a while and let it make you happy.
• It's not all easy, but this may be one of the hardest parts. You need to learn to love and respect others. Accept them for who they are. It's possible and you can do it.

when you love yourself, you believe in yourself and anything and everything is possible. It'll make you stronger and when you love yourself, your beauty shines through for all people to see!

love project

Hey, it would help me a bunch if you could fill in these sentences.

I am beautiful because...
I am strong because...
my favorite part of my body is...
One thing that is worrying me right now is...
One thing I'm looking forward to ...
I'm different from my closest friend because...
I'm similar to my closest friends because...

It's a step to loving yourself. I'm going to put them together and it will be really cool. It will help you relfect on yourself and how wonderful you are. if you can please finish the sentence and then leave it in a comment
I would really appreciate the help!

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love quote

"Love isn't love 'til you give it away."

-Disney's Circle of Friends

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deeper than the ocean

Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
he wrote a
poem
And he called it "Chops"
because that was the name of his dog
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and a
gold star
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door
and read it to his
aunts
That was the year Father Tracy
took all the kids to the zoo
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born
with
tiny toenails and no hair
And his mother and father kissed a lot
And the
girl around the corner sent him a
Valentine signed with a row of X's
and
he had to ask his father what the X's meant
And his father always tucked him
in bed at night
And was always there to do it

Once on a piece of
white paper with blue lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Autumn"
because that was the name of the season
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and asked him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because of its new
paint
And the kids told him
that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left
butts on the pews
And sometimes they would burn holes
That was the year
his sister got glasses
with thick lenses and black frames
And the girl
around the corner laughed
when he asked her to go see Santa Claus
And
the kids told him why
his mother and father kissed a lot
And his father
never tucked him in bed at night
And his father got mad
when he cried
for him to do it.

Once on a paper torn from his notebook
he wrote a
poem
And he called it "Innocence: A Question"
because that was the
question about his girl
And that's what it was all about
And his
professor gave him an A
and a strange steady look
And his mother never
hung it on the kitchen door
because he never showed her
That was the
year that Father Tracy died
And he forgot how the end
of the Apostle's
Creed went
And he caught his sister
making out on the back porch
And
his mother and father never kissed
or even talked
And the girl around
the corner
wore too much makeup
That made him cough when he kissed her
but he kissed her anyway
because that was the thing to do
And at
three a.m. he tucked himself into bed
his father snoring soundly

That's why on the back of a brown paper bag
he tried another poem
And he called it "Absolutely Nothing"
Because that's what it was really
all about
And he gave himself an A
and a slash on each damned wrist
And he hung it on the bathroom door
because this time he didn't think
he could reach the kitchen.

This poem is called, A Person, A Paper, A Promise, written by Dr. Earl Reum.
Isn't it sad? My wish for you all is to understand that the world in which we live is brutal, it's rough, it's confusing, it's real but it can be beautiful. It will give us strength. You are not alone. You 're stronger than you think. You can make it. Please don't give up. You are beautiful. B-E-A-U-tiful. You are worth so much. You're not worthless, you never were, and you never will be. Sometimes things are hard but they'll make you stronger and you'll get past it. You're going to make it. I know you're tired but you can take it. You'll get the energy to make it through. You'll find the light to lead you out of the darkness and your heart will sing and be happy and you'll feel the love. The sadness will go away. You'll accomplish things you can't even imagine right now. Don't be afraid, don't run away. You're amazing and you're going to make it. You deserve the sun and the stars, the moon, the clouds, and all the smiles in the world. You deserve it all. Your life is precious and beautiful. It's wonderful and perfect. You may not see how precious your life is but treasure it. It's a wonderful thing. Please don't hurt it. Don't destroy it. Don't tarnish its beauty. Please! I love you. I'd love for you to be happy. I'd love to see you smile. A beautiful and happy smile. I'd love to see pain and sadness vanished from the world forever. I want all hearts to be healed. I believe that we can work together to achieve that. We can make it happen through love. Love is magical. Hope is magical but they're both real. They're real and we can use them to change the world and make it better place. A place that we deserve and a place that our children and their children deserve. A beautiful place built on love and fed with happiness. It can happen and it will. It's possible if we all believe and know that it's real. Know that a better tomorrow is possible and we can all work towards it. Tell someone how amazing they are. Tell someone that their smile is beautiful and that it warms other people's hearts. Tell someone that they are loved and not alone. Believe it. Understand it and spread the word. Together we can spread love to every heart and the world will be a better place. We can do it. I believe. Do you?

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What is your definition of beauty?

hmmm....beauty is being yourself, believing in your dreams, believing in yourself, caring about others, loving yourself, loving others, being respectful, being thankful,being as strong as you can, and being true to yourself.

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Soul Sister :)

http://yoursoulsister.tumblr.com/

This is a link to Mirna's inspirational blog. She just started it and I want you to check it out! It's great so far, she posts amazing quotes and great lessons about life. I like her story about lies and how they do hurt you. check it out! :)

lalalalalalalalalala

I just don't feel like myself anymore. I miss crying. I miss being sad but I love being happy. I love it. I love the confidence that I carry now but sometimes I just think I shouldn't have it, like it doesn't belong to me. I miss all the tears and I miss being in the darkness. I haven't felt like killing myself in what feels like forever but why do I miss that feeling? I should be happy that my smiles are meaningful and that my heart is always happy. Why do I want to be so sad? Why do I crave all the tears? I guess truly, I feel really empty inside now that I'm not as sad all the time. My head is really coudy and I'm just confused about it all. Sometimes, I feel like I need some darkness in my life. Why am I afraid to be so happy?

I want us all to crave happiness and for us to ultimately achieve it. No one should be in the darkenss. Don't be afraid of happiness. Be brave and embrace it. We all need to. I hope that we can all smile meaningful smiles and that our hearts stay happy. I hope that we can all feel better in the light and no longer fear it. I wish we were all fearless and knew how to love ourselves to the point where we could achieve happiness and freedom all the pain. I believe that the sun will one day shine for all of us. I really do.

you define beauty

The video posted above was made by http://www.twitter.com/youdefinebeauty. everything in this video is true. You do define beauty. You're beautiful-- inside and out. You're special and important. Your flaws make you beautiful. Embrace your beauty, it's priceless. You don't have to change yourself to create an image of beauty because you're already beautiful because you're real. Let your beauty shine so that others may see it too.

hope and egibitow

I don't know if you can see it all clearly but I hope you get the general idea. One side says hope and the other side says egibitow. It means every girl is beautiful in their own way. I made that in ceramics. I'll make more things that say egibitow on it now and hopefully they'll be easier to photograph.

I hope that you all know how beautiful you are. Sometimes we don't think so but trust me, it's always true. You are always beautiful, inside and out. :)

Happy Holidays!

If anyone has to talk about anything, feel free to message me on http://www.facebook.com/kiyannashanay.

Remember not to keep things bottled up, it's good to let it all out, it's healthy and you'll feel better. feel free to vent or ask for advice or you can even just say hi. I don't mind, I'm here to listen. I'm here for you.

I hope that you all have a safe holiday season and don't forget to think about others and love them the way you want to be loved.

I love you

Peace ♥

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You're definitely one of the most inspiring and sweetest people I've met...thank you for being you!! <3 by Lalalabanya

thank you for your sweet words beautiful! :) you're definitely one of the most amazing and friendliest and kindest people I know. I'm glad we met. I've probably never told you this but project beauty is one of the main reasons I kept my blog going over the summer and wanted to try to post encouraging things because of project beauty, I knew that there were people, a lot of people that needed to see those encouraging words so I thank you for inspiring me and pushing me just by being you. so thank you! You're beautiful!

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So how awesome is David and A Mended Heart? =D by DavidI

David and A Mended Heart are the epitome of awesome and amazing combined multiplied by a thousand! =D

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Finally! A way to contact you! For the longest time I've been following your blog and have been meaning to tell you how encouraging you are. For some reason though, Blogger has been a meanie and never allows me to comment :\SO. Without further ado:You are amazing. Thank you so much for your encouraging blog. You always manage to have an incredible way of making someone feel awesome. Keep up the good work girl!:)

thank you! I don't understand blogger sometimes. It wouldn't let anyone comment for the longest time and I couldn't figure out why. I had to change it, maybe it might work now :) Thank you for following my blog and thank you so so so so much for the super kind words! They mean so much to me. thank you so much! You're amazing and beautiful, thank you again! I'm glad I've had the chance to make you smile. <3

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what is your favorite thing in this world? by missxkathy

smiles and seeing people happy. I think

Favorite website?

too many to name lol

If you could change anything about yourself...what would it be?

I'd have longer nails and I wouldn't procrastinate as much lol

did you eat your breakfast this morning???

not yet :)

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this is good

Every day,
I learn to love myself more and more.
I learn to treat myself better each and every
day.
This is good.
I smile more, because I have a reason to, not just
because I can.
I'm happy.
This is good.
My heart is slowly healing and it's good.

All broken hearts need to be healed.
If you're currently suffering from a broken heart, I hope it heals. I hope you find the love that can repair your broken heart. It may be a hard journey but it will be a beautiful one. I'd like to start by saying that I love you.
I love you because I believe in you and I know that you're special and I want the very best for you.

I want to see your heart healed. Let the love heal your heart.

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never give up

"Don't be discouraged; everyone who got where he is started where he was."

Sometimes, I get really confused on what I want to do with my life. It's all a big mess in my head. What should I do? What if I don't get into this school or that program? It all causes a headache that is just way too big. I've learned that sometimes, I just need to take a break to breathe and be patient. As long as I work hard for what I want and believe, I'll do my best.

We're going to make it. Who ever you are, where ever you are, what ever you do, as long as you believe, you're going to make it so don't give up. I believe in you and you're special. You're worth all the fight that you've got and that's a lot. You're gonna make it. Don't doubt yourself. You can reach the moon and even if you don't, you'll land among the stars.

Character

It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.

-- Jenny Craig

one of these things :)

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything but still, I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do."

a letter to a lost girl.

To a sad face and an empty soul,

I would like to send you my deepest and most sincere apologies. There are not enough words to describe how sorry I am. For each second you felt lost, for each of the millions of tears you shed, for each day you felt so so sick and tired, I'm sorry. It was too much for you to handle but I applaud you for each day you found the strength to deal with it all. The tears have stopped and all is calm now my dear. I'm so sorry you tried to find comfort in things that couldn't really help, like sex, drugs, food, and cutting. I wish you were able to see the toll it took on your precious body. I wish you were able to see and appreciate your beauty. It was a beauty unlike anything else in this world and it came from the courage that I knew you always had but you couldn't see. I'm sorry you were so filled with emotions that it had to find its way out through tears and drops of blood. I'm sorry that you felt as if no one understood. You may not have known this but you inspired me, each time you refused to give up, you created more hope, something desperately needed in this world.
You were never stupid, never useless. You were never really lonely. We're never really alone. We're more loved than we know. Love is always there. You were worth more than you could have ever imagined.
The darkness is finally gone sweet angel. I'm sorry you didn't know that you were loved and that things do get better but my wish is that you no longer feel any pain. One day I hope to see your smile. Your precious, beautiful smile.

tear drops.

Isn't that beautiful?

"When you fall the hardest, you find how strong you are."

we cry for a lot of reasons. It's okay to cry. When we cry and let it all out, we feel so much better. don't be ashamed of releasing your tears. don't be afraid to let it all out. go ahead and and cry if you need to. It won't change anything about you. The idea of crying is beautiful. It may not look so pretty when you look in the mirror but when you cry, it's so good for you. It's a chance to let some pain out of your body. it's a chance to release your troubles and clear your mind. It's nothing to worry about and we should embrace the act of crying and all of its beauty. It's something that will surprisingly make us strong. It doesn't weaken us like most people think. It makes us human. It helps us and protects us. It's something really special and when you think about it, tear drops are quite powerful. They save us.