This I believe rough draft

This I believe;You should always love and respect yourself. I believe this because if I did not love and respect myself I believe that I would be taken advantage of. For example if I did not love myself enough to not have to "fit in" I would be swearing, and drinking, skipping, etc. Moreover I think if you do not love and respect yourself you will accept less than what you deserve. There is a person I know for their privacy their name is X, I do not believe X loves and respects them self enough because X is willing to risk it all to please Zero (another code name) even though Zero does not respect X enough to commit to X. Which is wrong, but as they saying goes it is hard to respect someone who does not respect them self. I have had instances where I felt like I needed to someone else to hold me up. However I realize that I have a great relationship with my family, I have true-blue friends, but what really was the defining moment, the reason that made me believe this was when I looked in the mirror and liked what I saw. Usually I try to avoid mirror because I did not love my self, I did not love the way I looked, etc, but when I woke up one morning and looked in the mirror I loved what I saw, and I become conscious of the fact I did not need to "fit in" or I did not need I a guy, all I need was the knowledge that I am Cool Beans, Panrific (from Hong Kong Phooey), Awesome, beautiful in my own way, and most importantly the knowledge that no one can take that away from me. Even though I am "straight-edge" or whatever, and I can be out of the loop sometimes I still love and respect myself and would not change a thing about myself.