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"&amp;quot;I like the way I look, but how can I like the way I look and feel good about myself if people keep on telling me I&amp;#039;m fat and ugly or have too many pimples? I don&amp;#039;t have time to obsess about myself in the mirror but that&amp;#039;s all I seem to be doing lately.&amp;quot; Hanna, 18 Hanna \u2013 who are these people telling you such things? Surely they aren&amp;#039;t people you hold near and dear to you \u2013 are they? It&amp;#039;s time to take a look at who you are listening to in your life. A real friend or a real champion for your Body Peace doesn&amp;#039;t tell you that you are fat and ugly \u2013 so you have to begin by ignoring or blocking out those messages especially if they are delivered by people you don&amp;#039;t even know (or really like \u2013 such as the mean girl at school or the guy who picks on your in math class). And I want to draw attention to your first sentence to me \u2013 &amp;quot;I like the way I look&amp;quot; \u2013 OK \u2013 stop right there. That&amp;#039;s HUGE. That&amp;#039;s GREAT! That&amp;#039;s what you have to keep coming back to. There will always be someone there in our world to knock us down \u2013 say a critical comment \u2013 or just be plain rude \u2013 but if you like who you are \u2013 it&amp;#039;s like Kryptonite to their mean comments. You are more than your body, your face or your outside appearance. And the more time you spend obsessing about your appearance in the mirror the less time you spend living an extraordinary life \u2013 go out there and enjoy being 18 and remember to hold close to you only the people who truly have your best interests at heart. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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