Self esteem issues

Too many people lack confidence. Why is that? Why do we root for others to succeed but we don't root for ourselves? I've never understood that and in my twenty seven years on this earth I still have no clue why people have self esteem issues. It's time that we stop looking at the models in magazines and think that we should look similar to them. It's time that we not pay attention to the opinions of others and worry about our own opinions of ourselves. We can't control what anyone thinks about us but we can control what we think about ourselves. If we spent half of the time building up our own self esteem that we spend on the time thinking about the people who try to shred our self esteem apart we would get more things accomplished in our lives. Why must we worry about the opinions of other people? Why must we continue to believe that if we're not perfect in the eyes of other people we aren't perfect. Enough is enough and it's time that we change that. It's time that we look at the person in the mirror and know that we are all great in our own special way. There's over seven billion people on planet earth which means there's over seven billion personalities. We're not all going to click heck we're not all going to like one another but that shouldn't stop us from loving the individuality that we all possess. Until we see the greatness within ourselves no one will ever know the great people that we all are. Something as simple as walking with your head held high shows confidence is instilled in a person. High school teens well teenagers period deal with self esteem issues perhaps more than any other age group because they're too focused on the opinions of others. Sure we all want to be accepted by others but it's not worth sacrificing who you are just to please other people. We must take a stand and take that stand today. Enough is a enough and it's time that we all change. We're all great in our own way and for those who do not like it well keep them out of your life because they don't see the special person that you are. Believe in yourself because no one can believe in you if you don't believe in you.