There's one thing I do wanna say. It's that every single one of you are just beautiful the way you are, every message that I get from you guys it just hurts me. Beacuse , if there is one person who knows what its like to get bullied, I get bullied a lot but you guys are so beautiful, please don't listen to any of that, ever, ever, ever from your school, from anything. You guys are perfect
Interpretation
Embrace your unique beauty and ignore negative judgments from others.
In this heartfelt message, Selena Gomez emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and resilience against bullying. She reassures her audience that they are beautiful just as they are, urging them to reject negative messages from their peers or society and to value their individuality, regardless of external criticism.
In practice
Using this quote during a school assembly on anti-bullying initiatives.
They tell me what to wear, how to look, what I should say, how I should be. Until recently I had given into that pressure, I lost sight of who I was. I listened to opinions of people and I tried to change who I am because I thought others would accept me for it. And I realized I don't know how to be anything but myself.
People are like, 'Be yourself, be yourself,' and I'm still trying to figure out who that is. I know I'm not perfect, but I know I have a lot of people that support me and love me, and I don't want to let anyone down, so I just try to be the best that I can be.
I am in competition with no one. I have no desire to play the game of being better than anyone. I am simply trying to be better than the person I was yesterday.
You are not defined by an Instagram photo, by a 'Like,' by a comment. That does not define you.
You must climb above yourself-up and beyond, until you have even your stars under you.
When you go to Detroit you see a town that is resilient, that's just fighting to win again, and there's an energy to that. Just watching a city really fighting to get back on its feet and watching the inner strength of a city is tremendous.
I'm profoundly changed. There's a bittersweet emotion that I feel from playing this role. . . . I want the world to be different because I was here. However lofty or crazy or delusional that may sound, I want people's lives to be better because I was here.
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!
When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.
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