"I wish I could, I wish I could, wish on this star tonight." “Twinkle Twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are, like a diamond in the sky, Twinkle Twinkle little star.” As children we were taught these nursery rhymes, at the time we just thought they were funny nursery rhymes. We didn't see the hidden message within the rhymes. Subconsciously, though, you learn something, perhaps just that wishes are dreams your heart makes, or that wishes come true, or even that the stars are always there, looking like diamonds, glittering above us. As a child you most likely did not make a connection between stars and people, because people are like stars, each unique and beautiful in their own way. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay "Twinkle Twinkle Star...like a diamond in the sky" While you compare a star to a diamond you are also saying that you yourself are a diamond. When you see a diamond what are the first things you think of? You probably think about beauty or marriage/love. When you make this connection, isn't it like saying that you are beautiful and that you are loved by your higher power? Each of us, no matter what shape or size you are, you are beautiful. Colbie Caillat sings a song with the lyrics: "Put on your makeup... so they like you... you don't have to try so hard." He's talking to you, those who believe you need to put on a face or conform to blend in and be like everyone else, but if you're like everyone else, who are you? You don't have to try, you are perfect and beautiful just the way you are. Bruno Mars sings these words: "When I see your face, there's nothing I would change, 'cause you're amazing just the way you are." This song is 100% true. You don't have to change for anyone, even if they say change this or change that. If people don't like you or don't accept you as you are, that's their choice, but that doesn't diminish your worth, worth, or beauty. It is much nicer to be who you are, rather than who you are not. My advice is to be who you are, right? No one else in the world can be you, you are uniquely you. I, just like you, struggle with all of this. I was told over and over again that I needed to go on a diet, or that it didn't suit me, or wear makeup. Mostly from my peers, but not always, sometimes from family members. Like everyone else in the world this really threatens my self esteem and self image, never once does this help a person, over time it made me hate everything about who I was and how I looked. Like many I tried to change everything about myself. In middle and high school I tried with all my might to fit in, I wore American Eagle and Hollister; I started wearing makeup and putting on a happy face, just to try to make at least one friend. No one noticed until it was too late that I had stopped eating, that I only wore long-sleeved T-shirts and hoodies to cover the cuts and scars on my arms and legs. No one thought twice about how, when I got home, I would slip into sweats and cry myself to sleep. They never knew what I saw when I looked in the mirror, I hated everything I saw, I was afraid of mirrors and what they contained. I felt ashamed, I felt very uncomfortable and I started excluding my family from my life. Getting to the point that I could hardly tolerate seeing them because I blamed them all, saying it's their fault that this happened or that happened. I was so afraid of being rejected and abandoned that I didn't want to let anyone in. I have reduced myself to tiny particles in the air, I have destroyed who I once was. I rebelled more and more. I cut my hair and dyed it black. I got rid of almost all of mine/