I May Not

Consider this my own personal Taken cell phone scene...

I may not be the best looking guy around. I may not have not chiseled abs or strong arms. I may not be the kind of guy people seek out. But what I am is beautiful. God made me Nikko Hulshof Lane, probably the only one on the planet, unique and in his image. I am beautiful for my qualities, my characteristics that cannot be seen with two eyes alone. I used to believe that because I wasn't considered specifically beautiful by society's standards, that I was the problem. But really, society is lazy. You could find my beauty, my unique personality, if you, society, didn't hold such a lazy standard for beauty. Go ahead, seek the beautiful people, the people are easily seen as beautiful. But I am a diamond in the rough, and you have to work to find me. For those people, my friends, family, who take the time to find it, they know me for who I am. Its not my fault if someone doesn't want to take the time to get to know me. Its out of my hands.

This is what I took from vacation in Florida. So many beautiful people around. I could have become jealous for their beauty, but I realized it helped me realize my own form of beauty. Vacation has helped me realize that I am who I am, and the best people in my life will accept me or have already accepted me for exactly how I am and nothing about my body changing will change that. They love me for my personality, not for my physique. The people who want to judge me on my physique are not worth my time or thoughts. I am what I am and I am not gonna let anything affect me anymore,and not let it affect some of my most primal and necessary needs.

So thank you, those of you who love me for me. Your the most important people in my life. I truly love you, and pray for your well-being, daily. Your love keeps me going!