Girls.

     "Every girl has the potential to be beautiful. She just has to learn how to show it."
     When I was younger, I used to be jealous of every girl I was friends with. Really I was. I wished so badly I could just step into their skin, and that suddenly I would be happier because I looked different. Sometimes, and I hate to admit this, I would wish I could make the other girls ugly. I didn't want other people to be pretty. I was really selfish, horribly selfish. It makes my skin crawl now thinking that I would lie to people about what outfit they should wear or what makeup looked better. For some reason I thought that if I tore other people down I would look better.
     Then about a year and half ago I was talking to one of my friends and he said, "Annie what I really like about you is that you aren't like other girls. You aren't mean, you don't get jealous. You don't make fun of other girl's talents to make yourself look better." I just nodded and smiled, but my heart seemed to crack and the guilt was unbearable. As I walked away I felt the tears start up in my eyes, what is wrong with me? So I decided to change.
     I learned to put others before myself, to make sure other girls were happy before I was, and then I realized that when I did that, I was happier. Happier than I would've been if I had switched skin with one of them.
     After all of this I discovered a very important message. Selflessness. Something we all need to become more diligent at.