Being different
I see many people who carry wounds with them into adulthood often because they were "different" as children/teens. How difficult it is to not "fit in"? To be made fun of because of our weight, clothes, lisp, height, teeth, naivety, etc. So many times our physical features are what we are made fun of about, and it smarts. I have seen people with complexes about chest size, feet size, bone curvature, teeth- things we have absolutely no control over. I will see a beautiful person in front of me, both inside and out, but they don't see what I see. And our work begins! In some cases, we feel stronger because of the adversity- we are stronger in our beliefs and enjoy being our own person with our idiosyncrasies. And how wonderful that is when it makes us stronger inside and more OK with ourselves! Do not believe the negative things you were told about yourself! All it was, was people who were deeply wounded hurting others because they didn't know what to do about ...