Yourself.

I can't think of a better way to word this, but have you ever truly stared yourself down?  What I mean by this is not just glancing at yourself in the mirror, but intently looking at yourself, dead on, eye to eye.  If you haven't, try it right now.  It's strange, but isn't doing so almost creepy?  I don't know about you, but when I do this, I get a weird feeling and an unexplainable confusion.  Okay so this is me, the me that controls every thought and action that I have.  However, most of my thoughts and actions are almost just mechanic.  I  simply go from day to day, living life, eating, sleeping, etc.  

The only time that I ever actually get to see myself is when there is a mirror around.  On the other hand, everyone else, especially those who I spend a lot of time with, are able to see me constantly.  It is way easier to associate people with how they look than with their personality.  Think about it.  If someone said "who's Kristen?" you would respond, "she's that skinny girl with the long brown hair." How weird would that be to respond "she's that girls who is pretty concerned about the environment and has always casually forced her roommates to keep a recycling bin and ALWAYS uses both sides of the paper when printing."  

I think it is the most terrible thing when someone says that they hate themselves.  You can't hate yourself.  Seriously though, if you are going to be on this earth for 80+ years, you have to love yourself.  You don't have to love EVERYTHING about yourself.  There is always going to be little things that need improving or changing. It sounds selfish, but it's the truth.  I think that so many people forget how important this is to do, me included.  So as my blog headline says love life, and life will love you right back.