I'm a Creeper

I found myself people watching once again this morning. There is no doubt that I'm a creeper, but I can't help but watch. If there is nothing better to do, I look all around me, and if anyone's around, it's entertaining to study them. It's the same concept as those people who enjoy watching reality TV shows like "Surreal Life" and "Real World". I just don't need a television to get my fix.

Anyways, as I was sitting outside of my school this morning, listening to my iPod, I watched as people walked past me and into the school building. As before, when I was watching out of my living room window, I saw people of all different shapes and sizes. Some were tall and some were short. Some were skinny and some were pudgy. Some were beautiful and some were...less fortunate.

Then I saw something odd. I saw this beautiful girl - tall, slender, with a gorgeous face - walking with this short, chubby girl with acne. I wondered, "why is that girl friends with her?" Then I saw it. This girl was smiling and laughing. She liked her friend for her personality and her conversation, not her outer appearance. She, unlike myself at the moment, wasn't shallow.

Needless to say, after this realization, I felt like a complete jackass. It shouldn't matter who your friends are, as long as they make you smile. If being somebody's friend makes your life just a little bit better, it shouldn't matter what they look like or what other people will say.

This epiphany made me reevaluate my self-image. That girl was so comfortable in her own skin that she didn't care what anyone else thought. I looked at myself, and realized I was being insecure thinking any differently.

Maybe today I've become a little less shallow than I was yesterday. :]