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  I’m sorry I don’t have the most perfect skin. I’m sorry I don’t look like a Victoria Secrets model I’m sorry I don’t have the best style. I’m sorry I’m not tall. I’m sorry I’m not perfectly skinny- 5’7 nor 100 pounds. I’m sorry I have stretch marks here and there. I’m sorry I have bad hijab days. I’m sorry that I’m plain. I’m sorry my eyebrows aren’t thin and perfectly trimmed. I’m sorry my face isn’t caked in make-up. I’m sorry that I can never meet society’s standards. But you know what? I don’t need to care about society’s criteria. I don’t need people to tell me I’m beautiful. I don’t need compliments to make me feel better. I don’t need a superficial love that can’t withstand a stretch mark here or chub there. I don’t need to keep sinking into a never ending pit of low self-esteem. Because I looked to Allah, and He told me the perfect recipe to be Beautiful. Not just temporarily, but forever. |
